William Minter b. 13 Aug 1845 Worth, Kent d. 16 Feb 1918 Philadelphia, PA, USA: Minter Exchange

1845 - 1918 (72 years)

Name	William Minter
Birth	13 Aug 1845	Worth, Kent [1]
Christening	14 Sep 1845	Worth, Kent [2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	66
_UID	7D0E5C8F171B4E808B9CA357F7242FD2B34F
Burial	Feb 1918	Cheltenham, PA, USA
Death	16 Feb 1918	Philadelphia, PA, USA [3]
Notes	1861 census: aged 16, William a servant (carter) on a farm in Staple, Kent 1871 census: William aged 25, a gardener, living with wife Jane (27) and sons Albert (4), Arthur (2 months) in Durlock, Ash, Kent and a visitor, Ellen E LAWRENCE (13, scholar, born Sandwich, Kent). Their daughter Edith (2, born Durlock Ash) was staying with her grandparents Daniel (64, ag. lab.) and Sarah (53) LAWRENCE at Cottage Osier Gardens, Worth. The identity of Ellen E LAWRENCE hasn't been established, possibly a relative of William's wife. William emigrated to Canada and went to the USA about 1872 where he was a market gardener. William's grandson Lloyd Minter added more detail in a letter written to Margaret Young in the 1980s: ".. grandfather Minter was a gardener on big estates for rich people. He once went into farming vegetables (a 'market gardener' as he was called in England) in Charleston, South Carlina, with partners, to raise fresh vegs in the winter to ship north by iced box cars (a new invention!) but was wiped out by a tidal wave which wiped out the operation on St Johns Island." William was naturalised in Philadelphia. US censuses provide the following information about William in America: 1880: in Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, William (34, born England, farm laborer), Fannie E (sic) (25, born New Jersey, keeping house), Charles (3, born Pennsylvania), Flora (2, born Pennsylvania) and William (10 months, born Pennsylvania). 1900: in Rockledge borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, William (43, garden laborer), Fannie (wife, 44, married 26 years, 9 children, 8 living, born New Jersey), Charles (son, born Aug 1875, age 24, born Pennsylvania, garden laborer), William (son, born Oct 1879, age 20, born Pennsylvania, laborer dry goods store), Albert (son, born Jan 1881, age 19, born Pennsylvania, apprentice stock worker(?)), George (son, born Jun 1883, age 16, born Maryland, driver tea(?) wagon), Martha (daughter, born Jun 1886, age 13, born Pennsylvania, at school), Mayble (sic), daughter, born sep 1888, age 11, born Pennsylvania, at school), and Evaline (daughter, born Nov 1893, age 7, born South Carolina, at school). 1910: Martha (22, bookkeeper, coal office), Mabel (20, dressmaker) and Evelyn (17, office work) were staying with their married sister Flora M HAMMER in District 1104, Philadelphia Ward 43, PA. Meanwhile, in England: 1881 census: Jane, aged 36, married, acting as housekeeper to John HOOKER, 86, widower, market gardener at Durlock Cottages, Ash. Sons Albert H. 14 and Arthur W. 10 with her. Daughter Edith (11, scholar) was staying with her uncle and aunt Thomas and Charlotte LAWRENCE in West Side, St Mary, Deal. William's grandson Alfred Minter, in a letter written to Cliff Minter in 1977, said that "after 1871 William went to USA and married his cousin SPRATT (did they elope?!) but she died in childbirth in upper New York state. He married Frances COX in 1876 and the American family stems from this marriage." Cliff Minter, writing in 2005 adds "It would not surprise me to learn that William (1845-1918) never made a civil registration of his marriage to Jane Lawrence. Hence the reasoning that he was free to leave her for another." William's grandson Lloyd Minter, in a letter to Margaret Young in the 1980s, said 'My grandfather was William Minter and by all accounts a wominiser'. 1891 census: Jane, head of household, 47, married, a market gardener at Church Lane, Sholden. Children Albert H., 24 bricklayer, Edith E, 22, and Arthur W., farm labourer, still with her. 1901 census: no trace of Jane. Albert and Edith married in the 1890s but no trace of them, or of Arthur, in 1901. 1911 census: in Station Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent (6 rooms), Jane (head, 70, widow, 3 children all living, 'at one time farmer but not now', born Sholden near Deal, Kent) and Arthur William (son, 37, single, farmer, born Ash near Sandwich, Kent). Form signed Arthur W Minter.
Person ID	I66	Ash, Kent
Last Modified	12 Mar 2013

Father	Henry Minter, b. 19 Oct 1817, Worth, Kent d. 2 Oct 1890, Eastry RD (Age 72 years)
Mother	Maria SPRATT, b. Mar 1819, Ash, Kent d. 26 Feb 1898, Ash, Kent (Age ~ 78 years)
Marriage	15 Oct 1844	Ash, Kent [1]
	Henry a bachelor of Worth; Sarah a spinster of Ash.
Family ID	F22	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Jane LAWRANCE, b. Dec 1840, Sholden, Kent d. 25 Mar 1920, Islington, London (Age ~ 79 years)

Marriage Abt 1864

Marital status Unknown

Children

	1. Albert Henry Minter, b. 7 Dec 1866, Preston, Kent d. 16 Aug 1948, Middlesex Hospital, St Marylebone, London (Age 81 years)
	2. Edith Eleanor Minter, b. Dec 1869, Ash, Kent d. Dec 1953, Ealing, London (Age ~ 84 years)
	3. Arthur William Minter, b. 25 Jan 1871, Ash, Kent d. 9 Jan 1952, Upper Deal, Kent (Age 80 years)

Family ID F26 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Sep 2009

Family 2 Sarah SPRATT

Children

1. Nellie Minter

Family ID F27 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Sep 2009

Family 3 Frances Ann COX, b. 16 Aug 1854, Stockton, New Jersey, USA d. 1 Aug 1907, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Age 52 years)

Marriage 14 May 1874 St Pauls, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA [2]

Children

	1. Dora Elizabeth Minter, b. 9 Feb 1875, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 20 Jul 1876, Cheltenham, PA, USA (Age 1 year)
	2. Charles Henry Minter, b. 9 Aug 1876, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 27 Apr 1950, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Age 73 years)
	3. Flora Maria Minter, b. 3 Sep 1878, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 3 Aug 1943, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Age 64 years)
	4. William Minter, b. 2 Oct 1879, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 6 Apr 1930, Brockton, PA USA (Age 50 years)
	5. Albert Edward Minter, b. 5 Jan 1881, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 10 Nov 1970, Sarasota, Florida, USA (Age 89 years)
	6. George Robert Minter, b. 9 Jun 1884, Garrettford, PA USA d. 11 Sep 1919, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Age 35 years)
	7. Martha Parker Minter, b. 23 Jun 1887, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. Mar 1981, Wyncote, PA USA (Age 93 years)
	8. Mabel Edith Minter, b. 2 Sep 1889, Cheltenham, PA, USA d. 23 Oct 1918 (Age 29 years)
	9. Evelyn Gertrude Minter, b. 12 Nov 1892, St Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, USA d. 16 Feb 1958, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)

Family ID F25 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Sep 2009

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Birth - 13 Aug 1845 - Worth, Kent

Christening - 14 Sep 1845 - Worth, Kent

Death - 16 Feb 1918 - Philadelphia, PA, USA

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William Minter
born 1845, Worth, Kent
Sources
[S3] BMD index.

[S11] Cliff Minter.

[S5] Margaret Young.