The Vinters are very much a Lincolnshire family. My confirmed Vinter ancestors were: Thomas Vinter, born 1758 (wife, Eleanor SHOWLER) from WOOD ENDERBY, Thomas, 1801 (wife, Eliza ALLBONES) from KIRKBY-ON-BAIN, my great-great-grandfather, William, 1831 (Caroline SHORT) and great-grandfather, Edward, 1863 (Eliza Emma CROWSON) from CONINGSBY. One of Edward's daughters, Evelyn Vinter (1895) from HORNCASTLE was my grandmother. Other surnames on that side of the family are: BUTLER and CARTER. The photo opposite shows Evelyn (front left) with her famil