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Record #16713

Name :: : Charles Thomas MINTRAM (1893 - 1986)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 6 May 1893
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : Jan 1986

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Southampton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Sussex, Brighton

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 Mar 1903
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Canada
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesParents: William Mintram and Eliza May Rose Veal, married 1886 in Hampshire, England.

William Mintram was born and lived in Southampton until in 1886 he married. By 1902 they had five children and he had gainful employment as a fireman (ie a stoker) with a shipping company, While home on leave one day he stabbed her in the back whereupon she died. He claimed it was an accident.

Article from The Times
Monday November 24, 1902 said he was tried for the wilful murder of his wife at Southampton on October 18, 1902.

The prisoner and his wife did not live happily. At 10:30pm on that day William came home and found his supper prepared for him, the only other person present being his son, William, who gave evidence that the wife Eliza May Rose was sitting in a chair when William came in and slapped her in the face. After a short interval William got up and took a knife and stabbed Eliza in the back, resulting in death. The Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the judge sentenced him to 12 years penal servitude. The judge in this case was Mr Justice Bigham, who later presided over the Titanic enquiry as Lord Mersey, President of the Wreck Commisioner's Court.

Another newspaper reported that a police officer had called at the house half an hour earlier to break up a quarrel between the two as a large crowd had gathered outside the house.

Mintram claimed that the quarrel was over the fact that his wife had pawned his son?s boots to buy drink for herself, and that he had had a bit to drink too when he came home, when she slapped him across the face he stabbed her in the back with a knife, accidentally.

Mintram was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to twelve years penal servitude for manslaughter but served only three.

In 1903, Charles Mintram, 10, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 57 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His father's fate went to become part of history. By 1912 William Mintram was living next door to his eldest daughter who had by then married Walter Hurst, another stoker with the White Star Line. When the Titanic left Southampton, both men were signed up for coal shoveling duties along with Walter's father, who it is said entered the two mens cabin on the fatal evening and threw a lump of ice at the two stokers to wake them up.

As the ship sank, one of the three were able to find either a lifejacket or a lifeboat but when William eventually found just the one lifejacket, he gave it to his son-in-law Walter. They both entered the water five minutes before the ship finally disappeared, finding the collapsible lifeboat B upturned in the water they clung hold.

Only Walter in his lifejacket was finally picked up alive, the body of William Mintram was never found.

On September 22, 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec, Canada, Charles Mintram, 21, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Southampton, England; that his next of kin was his brother, W. Mintram, who resided at Churchlodge, Sussex, England; that his date of birth was May 6, 1893; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair. He was a member of the Church of England.

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Last Updated : 2012-09-15 15:27:55 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
7448	ADAMS, Ernest Alfred	1889	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
10932	BAKER, George Edward Windsor	1937	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1948 : Empire Brent (formerly Letitia II)	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7165	BLANDFORD, Elizabeth	1856	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7042	BLANDFORD, Frances Amelia	1859	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16647	BLANDFORD, Kate Jane	1861	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16646	BLANDFORD, Mria	1865	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
15301	BOLWELL, Eva	1868	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
11006	BOUNDEY, Reginald Emmanuel	1910	ENG, , Southampton	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
11007	BOUNDEY, Stephen James	1912	ENG, , Southampton	Sep 1922 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
4721	BROCKLEBANK, Jane May	1899	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Apr 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12663	BROWN, Harry	1895	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12502	BROWNING, Amy	1894	ENG, , Southampton	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12503	BROWNING, Maud	1895	ENG, , Southampton	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5053	BUCKLEY, James	1915	ENG, , Southampton	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
2987	CHANNON, Fanny	1898	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
2986	CHANNON, Rose	1896	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1911 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
9328	COX, Gladys	1898	ENG, , Southampton	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
8556	CRUTCHER, Clara	1877	ENG, , Southampton	Apr 1894 : Labrador	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
15193	GOVER, Emily Alice	1867	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1884 : Parisian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
8921	HARVEY, Charles Henry	1897	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
12680	HENDRY, Thomas	1881	ENG, , Southampton	Jul 1894 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
2985	HERITAGE, Hilda	1892	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1911 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
3963	JOHNSON, Felix Peter	1909	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Sep 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
15083	KENNETT, George W	1871	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Sep 1884 : Circassian	CAN	Colonization Fund, London
15081	KENNETT, John Dennis	1872	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Sep 1884 : Circassian	CAN	Colonization Fund, London
16713	MINTRAM, Charles Thomas	1893	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
9927	OCKLEFORD, Ernest	1889	ENG, , Southampton	1903 : - Unknown -	CAN	Louisa Birt
9932	OCKLEFORD, Rose	1888	ENG, , Southampton	1903 : - Unknown -	CAN	Louisa Birt
5622	PENNY, Daisy May	1896	ENG, , Southampton	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23466	PETTY, Sidney Arthur	1898	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jun 1913 : Victorian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
3825	SAVAGE, Lilian Kate	1900	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Sep 1914 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
11033	SEED, Walter	1880	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1891 : Mongolian	CAN	Louisa Birt
8943	STICKLAND, Kathleen	1915	ENG, , Southampton	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
16236	WEBB, Daisy Hilda	1894	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Oct 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 35 Entries

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