Ellen McNiell (buried 1952)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
McNiell
First name: 
Ellen
Other Christian names: 
Augusta
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
1849
Born: 
4/11/1859
Died: 
17/11/1952
Buried: 
21/11/1952
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SB
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
2
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Frances Penelope wife Colonel Christian Wm. and Frances McNiell died 28th Jan. 1934. also of Ellen Augusta Mc Niell elder daughter Colonel Christian Wm. And France Mc Niell died 17th Nov. 1952.

Life story

Life story

Ellen Augusta McNiell was born on 4th November 1859 in Greenwich, her father was Christian William McNiell, 31yrs, Army Captain, and her mother was Frances Penelope Dipple McNiell, 31yrs, nee Humphreys. She was the eldest of 3 children, her brother, Hardinge Charles Christian was born in 1864 and her sister, Frances Maria Christine, in 1867. The family moved several times during her childhood but always in the Greenwich/Woolwich area.

While her brother Hardinge studied medicine at Oxford University, becoming a physician and surgeon by the age of 26yrs, Ellen and her sister, Frances, remained at home, unmarried and living with their parents.

After their father retired from the Army, the family moved to Worthing, living at Gracemere, Richmond Road. Ellen's mother died in 1904 and her father in 1914. She and her sister were wealthy women, living on private means, and at some stage they moved to 7, Abbotts Close, Worthing, Frances died in 1934 and Ellen remained there until her death on 17th November 1952, aged 93yrs. Ellen was a Roman Catholic and her requiem mass was held on 21st November 1952 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Worthing.

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
04/11/1859

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
17/11/1952
Age (at time of death): 
93
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
7 Abbotts Close, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at 7, Woodland Road, Greenwich. Christian W. McNiell, 33yrs, Army Captain, wife, Frances P., 34yrs, daughter, Ellen A. 1yr, plus 2 domestic servants.

1871 census: 

Living at Cambridge Villas, Portsea, Hants. Frances P. D. McNiell, 44yrs, wife of Army Captain, 3 children, Ellen A. 11yrs, Hardinge C. 6yrs, Frances M.C. 4yrs, Visitors, Harding S. Giffard, 47yrs, Queens Counsel in practice, sister, Caroline Giffard, 47yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.

1881 census: 

Living at 1, Champions Terrace, Woolwich. Christian W. McNiell, 53yrs, Lt. Col. Staff Officer of Pensions, wife, Frances P., 53yrs, Ellen A. 21yrs, Hardinge C. C., 16yrs, Oxford Student, Christine, 14yrs.

1891 census: 

Living at Claverly, 10, Pond Rd, Charlton, Woolwich. Christian W. McNiell, Retired Army Colonel, wife, Frances P., 63yrs, Hardinge C. C., 26yrs, Physician and Surgeon, Ellen, 31yrs, Frances M. C., 24yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.

1901 census: 

Living at Gracemere, Richmond Road, Worthing. Christian W. McNiell, 73yrs, Retired Army Colonel, wife, Frances P. 73yrs, Living on own means, Ellen A. 41yrs, Frances M. C. 34yrs, Visitor, Adeline Miller, 73yrs., plus 2 domestic servants.

1911 census: 

Living at Gracemere, Richmond Road, Worthing. Christian W. McNiell, 83yrs, Col. Army Infantry Retired, Ellen A. 51yrs, Private Means, Frances M. 44yrs, Private Means, plus 2 domestic servants.

1939 register: 

Ellen Augusta McNiell, 80yrs, single, living at 7, Abbott™s Close, Worthing, plus 1 servant.