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Record #16718
Name :
: George MINTRAM (1898 - )


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1898 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialEngland, Southampton, Hampshire
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 May 1909
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesParents: William Mintram and Eliza May Rose Veal, married 1886 in Hampshire, England. One evening his father stabbed his mother in the back whereupon she died. He claimed it was an accident, but was sent to prison for 12 years for her death. Subsequently, three of the five children were sent to Canada by the Dr. Barnardo Homes.

On February 22 1916 George enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces out of Toronto, Ontario. He claimed that he was born in London, England, that his next of kin was Mrs. Hurst from Southhampton, England and that he was a single farmer. After service, George would return to England for good.

The death of his mother would make headlines after his father William, died aboard the Titanic. 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.




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. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-15 11:51:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2015-08-28 18:40:30 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16713 MINTRAM, Charles Thomas1893ENG, HAM, Southampton Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
16718 MINTRAM, George1898ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
16717 MINTRAM, William1889ENG,     Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos