Frances McNiell (buried 1934)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
McNiell
First name: 
Frances
Other Christian names: 
Mary Christine
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
1570
Born: 
0/0/1867
Died: 
28/01/1934
Buried: 
31/01/1934
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SB
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
1
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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

Frances Maria Christine McNiell was born in Southsea, Hants, in 1867, her father was Christian William McNiell, 39yrs, Army Captain, and her mother was Frances Penelope Dipple McNiell, 39yrs, nee Humphreys. Frances was the youngest of three children, her sister, Ellen Augusta, was 7yrs and her brother, Hardinge, 1yr.

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, Frances and her sister, Ellen, 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. Frances'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 White Cottage, Abbotts Close, Worthing.

Frances died on 28th January 1934, aged 66yrs. Probate was granted to Ellen Augusta McNiell, spinster, Frank Lipscomb, Land Agent, and Charles Melville, Solicitor.                                                                          Effects £6295 19s 4d. Value 2020 - £453K.

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1867

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
28/01/1934
Age (at time of death): 
66
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
White Cottage, Abbotts Close, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Ellen Augusta McNiell status: Spinster: Frank Lipscombe status: Land Agent: Charles Melville status: Solicitor
Probate pounds: 
£6,295

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.