John Harry Minter

1856 - 1938  (82 years)

• Name	John Harry Minter
  Birth	20 Aug 1856	Bermondsey, London   [1, 2]
  Christening	12 Aug 1857	Christ Church, Bermondsey, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	663
  _UID	4C7BE5EAB27548618F1DB164E1D500DFBC34
  Death	Sep 1938	Thanet RD   [3]
  Notes	September 1880 & July 1883: a clerk of 5 Beatrice Road, Bermondsey. 1891 census: at 115 Drummond Street, Bermondsey, London (same street as parents), John H (34, shipping clerk), Christina J (37), Christina M (10, scholar), Robert A (7, scholar), Marguerite S (4) and Ethel S (1). 1901 census: still at 115 Drummond Street, Bermondsey, London, John H (44, shipping clerk), Christina J (47), Christina M (20), Robert A (17, grill room assistant), Marguerite S (14, pattern card maker), Ethel S (11, scholar) and Harry S (8). 1911 census: at 115 Drummond Road, Southwark Park Rd, London SE (5 rooms), John Harry (head, 54 married, shipping clerk, lighterage, worker, born Bermondsey), Christina Jean (wife, 57, married 32 years, 5 children all living, born Bermondsey), Robert Anderson John (son, 27, single, caterers attendant, General Post Office, born Bermondsy), Marguerite Stewart (daughter, 24, single, waitress, born Rotherhithe), Ethel Stewart (daughter, 21, waitress, born Camberwell) and Harry Stewart (son, 18, lightermans apprentice on the River Thames, born Bermondsey). Form signed John Harry Minter. 1921 census: at 47 Canadian Avenue, Catford, London (both MINTER), John Harry (caretaker, 64y 10m, married, born Bermondsey, London SE, shipping clerk, out of work, last job with Walford Lines Ltd, 67 Bishopgate, London EC) and Christina Jean (wife, 67y 4m, married, born Blackfriars Road, London SE, home duties). Also a general domestic servant, Hilda May BILLINGS (23y 9m, born Cubitt Town, London E)
  Person ID	I663	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Bradley Minter,   b. Bef 14 Jan 1829, Folkestone, Kent d. Bef 25 Feb 1893, Bermondsey, London (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Martha HARRY,   b. Abt 1837, Newquay, Cornwall d. Mar 1869, Bermondsey, London (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	14 Jun 1855	St Andrew Undershaft, London   [4, 5]
  	Married after banns. John Bradley Minter, full age, mariner of 1 Greyhound Alley, father John John Minter, deceased. Martha Harry, full age, spinster of 1 Greyhound Alley, father John Harry, deceased. Both signed full names. Witnesses Thomas Bennetts Harry, Mary Jane Leplace(?)
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christina Jean ANDERSON,   b. Abt 1854, Blackfriars, London d. Mar 1938, Croydon RD (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1878	St James, Bermondsey, London   [5, 6]
  	Married by banns. John Harry Minter, 22, bachelor, mercantile clerk of 100 Drummond Road, father John Bradley Minter, mariner. Christina Jane Anderson, 24, spinster of 5 Beatrice Road, father Robert Anderson, marine engineer. Both signed full names. Witnesses Robert Anderson, Martha Grenfell Minter.
  Children	1. Christina Martha Minter,   b. 4 Aug 1880, Bermondsey, London d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert Anderson John Minter,   b. 3 May 1883, Bermondsey, London d. Sep 1950, Camberwell RD (Age 67 years)   3. Marguerite Stewart Minter,   b. 18 Jul 1886, Rotherhithe, London d. Mar 1978, Croydon RD (Age 91 years)   4. Ethel Stewart Minter,   b. 13 Feb 1890, N Camberwell d. 1 Jul 1958, Kircaldy, Scotland (Age 68 years)   5. Harry Stewart Minter,   b. 8 Apr 1892, Bermondsey, London d. 9 Apr 1916, WW1 casualty (Age 24 years)
  Family ID	F220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Aug 1856 - Bermondsey, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] BMD index. [S260] Surrey Baptisms at findmypast.co.uk. [S36] BMD index, aged 82, Q3 1938 Thanet 2a/1276. (Reliability: 3). [S36] BMD index, Q2 1855 London City 1c/179. (Reliability: 3). [S88] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S36] BMD index, Q4 1878 St Olave Bermondsey 1d/366. (Reliability: 3).