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From: "Val Burge" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-ROMANI] Newbie,in search of ancestors
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:00:33 +1100
References: <BAY114-F36E4248843EEB8EE232002E47B0@phx.gbl>


Hi again Angela, I'll just copy and paste them straight over, and let you
work out the details :-) I can look up occupations etc for any you'd like.

I also wondered about Emma's mother Eliza. Could SHE have been Rom?

1891
Name: Alfred Minks
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Emma
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: St Botolph
Ecclesiastical parish: St Botolph
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ada Minks 2
Albert Minks 9
Alfred Minks 46
Alice Minks 25
Daisy Minks 4
Edith Minks 6
Emma Minks 45
Emma Minks 23
Ethel Minks 2/12
Florence Minks 11
Maria Minks 13
William Minks 16



1871
Name: Alfred Minks
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Emma
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: St James
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester Third Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 44
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Godfrey 13
Alfred Minks 27
Alice Minks 6
Emma Minks 26
Emma Minks 4
Maude Minks 1 month

1861
Name: Alfred Minks
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Son
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Myria
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: Colchester St Peter
Town: Colchester
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester Second Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 93
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Minks 17
Charles Minks 22
Emma Minks 13
Myria Minks 55
Myria Minks 20
William Minks 54
Chales Perry 17

1851
Name: Alfred Minks
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Son
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Maria
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: Ipswich St Stephen
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Ipswich
Sub-registration district: St Clement
ED, institution, or vessel: 2, 3, 6, and 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 71
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Clarke 19
Alfred Minks 7
Charles Minks 14
Edward Minks 13
Emma Minks 3
Joseph Minks 18
Maria Minks 45
Maria Minks 10
William Minks 45
William Minks 19

1841
Charles Minks abt 1836 Essex, England St Peter Essex
Edward Minks abt 1839 Essex, England St Peter Essex
Joseph Minks abt 1833 Essex, England St Peter Essex
Maria Minks abt 1841 Essex, England St Peter Essex
Marid Minks abt 1807 Essex, England St Peter Essex
Robert Minks abt 1835 Essex, England St Peter Essex
William Minks abt 1808 Essex, England St Peter Essex
William Minks abt 1831 Essex, England St Peter Essex

1871 (widowed, see below)
Name: William Minks
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: St Giles
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 130
Household Members: Name Age
Emma Minks 23
William Minks 63

1881
Name: William Minks
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1807
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: Colchester St Giles
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address: Stanwell Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Chair Maker

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Minks 40
Mary Minks 59
William Minks 74
Charles Warren 20

FreeBMD death
Name: Maria Minks
Estimated birth year: abt 1804
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 63
District: Colchester
County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 166


FreeBMD marriage
Mary Ann Beard 1873 Jul-Aug-Sep Colchester Essex
William Minks 1873 Jul-Aug-Sep Colchester Essex

FreeBMD death
Name: William Minks
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Year of Registration: 1882
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 74
District: Colchester
County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 268

Kind regards, Val


----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela Mathers" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-ROMANI] Newbie,in search of ancestors


>
> Hi Val,my mum spoke to her cousin today,apparently she overheard a
> conversation at her aunts funeral about the Romany connection she says it
> was "lost" whatever that means.They have asked if you could possibly get
> some information on Alfred Minks's family if thats ok.
>
> Regards,Angela
>
> >From: "Val Burge" <>
> >Reply-To:
> >To: <>
> >Subject: Re: [UK-ROMANI] Newbie,in search of ancestors
> >Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:54:16 +1100
> >
> > >Sarah Godfrey 4 (Sarah was living with Emma and Alfred Minks in 1881,
> >listed as 'servant' age 13)<
> >
> >Sorry, make that 1871!
> >
> >Val
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