Henry Robert Minter

1915 - 1968  (52 years)

• Name	Henry Robert Minter
  Birth	18 Sep 1915	Hampstead, London   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E89BCDBB9847453884B9E4AA97E17569884C
  Death	20 Feb 1968	St Anne's Hospital, Salisbury, S Rhodesia   [2]
  Notes	April 2013: until the discovery of his Rhodesian Death Notice, Henry wasn't associated with this family since he was born some 5 years after Robert Arthur Minter died. But the Notice makes the link with his sister Phyllis. The identity of Henry Robert's father hasn't been established - his birth certificate, which I have obtained, gives his father's name as Henry Minter, a Private in the 9th Middlesex Regiment, a cabinet maker in civvy street. The birth was registered in the Hampstead Registration District and Henry's mother's name is shown as Edith Minter of 31St Georges Road, which is where Henry Robert was actually born. Despite looking at a number of possible canditates I can't find a Henry Minter who might have been the father and, in case, why did the birth take place in Hampstead? Further progress might be made if the personnel details of the 9th Middlesex Regiment were available. Henry's Death Notice indicates that he died aged 52, unmarried, a clerk in holy orders. It gives the following information about relatives: Mrs P Thurtle, Woking UK (Henry's married sister) and two other sisters, unnamed*. Henry's 'usual place of residence' was given as 56 Victoria Road, Knaphill, Woking UK, so it's unclear whether he lived in Rhodesia or was just visiting. There's no sign in the BMD index that his death was registered in the UK. * I have only two sisters, Marjorie and Phyllis, who married Arthur Thurtle. They were born before their father died (see their mother's Notes).
  Person ID	I928	Fritton, Norfolk
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Arthur Minter,   b. 3 May 1877, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk d. Mar 1910, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Edith LODDER,   b. 1877, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire d. Mar 1958, Thanet RD (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1904	St Marks Church, Peckham, London   [3]
  	Married after banns. Robert Arthur Minter, 27, bachelor, tradesman of 179 High Street, Peckham, father Samuel George Minter (deceased), tailor. Edith Lodder, 27, spinster of High Street, Peckham, father Albert Lodder, smith. Both signed in full names. Witnesses Alexander Ponsford, Robert Russell Gordon and Poppie Ponsford.
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Henry Robert Minter 1915 - 1968 Birth certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] BMD index, Q4 1915 Hampstead 1a/894. (Reliability: 3). [S82] Death Notice from Zimbabwean records at FamilySearch, Apr 2013. [S42] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.