The Mintern Family lived at Worbarrow until the evacuation in 1943. Please be aware Mintern was often spelled as Minterne and, going back, also as Minton.
Samuel Mintern (1825-1879) = Mary Ann Spencer (1821-1902)
Samuel Mintern was born at East Stoke, Dorset. He married Worbarrow-born Mary Ann Spencer on 28 November 1847. The family lived at Holme Bridge near East Stoke where Samuel worked as a shoemaker.
Samuel and Mary had six 1 children but so far we have only identified five:
1. Ann Mintern (1848-?) – born at East Stoke – worked in service in London and married John Clements
2. Charles Spencer Mintern (1851-1910) – born at Worbarrow and married Ann Squibb (1846-1911), living first at Wareham then later at Parkstone near Poole – Charles and Ann did not have any children
3. Elizabeth Mintern (1856-1929) – born at East Stoke and married George Elford and moved first to Tuckton, near Christchurch, and later Sway in the New Forest
4. Mary Jane Mintern (1860-1875) – born at East Stoke, baptised at Tyneham, sadly Jane died aged just 15
5. William Thomas ‘Tom’ Mintern (1862-1925) – see below for more information
Samuel spent time in Dorchester Prison from September 1873 – the offence was leaving his wife ‘chargeable’ to the Poor Law Union. 1
Samuel died in 1879 aged 74. Sadly his widow Mary spent at least eleven years in the Workhouse at Wareham until her death there in August 1902 aged 81.
William Thomas ‘Tom’ Mintern (1862-1925) = Sarah Ann Sansom (1867-1939)
Tom was born at East Stoke and baptised at Tyneham. In April 1891 he was an agricultural labourer boarding with the Nicholas Lucas and his family at Povington. Twelve months later on 30 April 1892 Tom married Sarah Ann Sansom at Tyneham. He was now shown as a gamekeeper and signed with his mark. Sarah was born at Coombe Keynes.
Tom and Sarah had six children:
1. Ethel Mary Mintern (1893-1960) – Ethel was baptised at Tyneham on 14 May 1893 – she married William Henry Wood from Polesworth, Warwickshire at Tyneham on 9 June 1919 – Ethel moved with her husband to Polesworth and had nine children – after her husband’s death in 1946 she married John T A Spencer in 1947 – she died in 1960 aged 68
2. Jessie Mary Mintern (1895-1982) – Jessie was born at Worbarrow and baptised at Tyneham on 12 January 1896 – she married David Mills (1895-1980) at Tyneham on 21 April 1919 – twenty years later David and Jessie were living in Padiham, Lancashire with their son Derrick Mintern Mills (1923-2009).
3. Rosa Jane Mintern (1898-1961) – Rosa married Ephraim Moore in 1918 and moved to Warwickshire. They had five children. Sadly their second son Donald died aged 1 and their third son Ephraim died aged 2 while the family had returned to Worbarrow for a short holiday.
4. Winifred Elizabeth Mintern (1901-1973) – Winnie remained a spinster living with younger sister Beattie at Worbarrow until the evacuation in December 1943 – they were driven by Margaret Bond to a requisitioned house at Upwey but ‘cried out in horror’ when they saw it was next to the Station Hotel
5. Beatrice Ann Minterne (1904-1966) – like her sister Winnie, Beattie remained a spinster
6. William Robert Mintern (1908-1923) – sadly Willie, 15 and his cousin Ernest Rose drowned in Worbarrow Bay in June 1923
The family lived at Mintern’s Cottage at Worbarrow.
Tom died in 1925 aged 63 and Sarah died in March 1939 aged 71.
Page last updated; 18 September 2022
Mintern Family
Main menu The Mintern Family lived at Worbarrow until the evacuation in 1943. Please be aware Mintern was often spelled as Minterne and, going back, also as Minton. Samuel Mintern (1825-1879) = Mary Ann Spencer (1821-1902) Samuel Mintern was born at East Stoke, Dorset. He married Worbarrow-born Mary Ann Spencer… Continue reading
Mintern Family
Main menu The Mintern Family lived at Worbarrow until the evacuation in 1943. Please be aware Mintern was often spelled as Minterne and, going back, also as Minton. Samuel Mintern (1825-1879) = Mary Ann Spencer (1821-1902) Samuel Minterne was born at East Stoke, Dorset. He married Worbarrow-born Mary Ann Spencer… Continue reading
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