Headstone in Watford Cemetery,Hertfordshire. Mrs Mabel Frances Neville survived the sinking but lost her husband and children. Lusitania Survivors NEVILLE, Mr. Albert Charles 40 British Toronto, On., Canada NEVILLE, Mrs. Albert Charles (Mabel Frances) 35 British Toronto, On., Canada NEVILLE, Miss Evelyn 14 British Toronto, On., Canada NEVILLE, Master Charles 11 British Toronto, On., Canada NEVILLE, Miss Muriel 4 British Toronto, On., Canada
Mabel Frances Smith Birth: Abt. 1879 - Devon, England Marriage: 1907 - Sussex, England Spouse: Albert Charles Neville 1911 England Census Name: Mabel Frances Neville Age in 1911: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female Birth Place: Ogmouth, Devon, England Civil Parish: St Berkhamstead Urban Search Photos: Search for 'St Berkhamstead Urban' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection County/Island: Hertfordshire Country: England Street address: 133 High Street, Berkhamsted Marital Status: Married Years Married: 4 Estimated Marriage Year: 1907 Registration district: Berkhampstead Registration District Number: 142 Sub-registration district: Berkhampstead ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Household schedule number: 66 Piece: 7770 Household Members: Name Age Albert Charles Neville 36 Mabel Frances Neville 32 Charles Chamiere Neville 9 Evelyn Mabel Neville 11 Muriel Elfrida Neville 2 John Blanfield Allen 68 Sarah Jane Allen 63 Christiana Lily Cole 27 Minnie Reeve 21 England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Mabel Frances Smith Registration Year: 1879 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Plymouth Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 251 TD
Miss Evelyn Neville Evelyn Neville, 14, was from Toronto, Ontario, traveling aboard Lusitania with her father Albert, mother Mabel, brother Charles, and sister Muriel. She is most likely the "girl of sixteen" Herbert Ehrhardt met who helped him entertain children who would not leave him alone, and Ehrhardt mentioned that the girl's family consisted of herself, her father, mother, younger brother and sister. Evelyn was lost in the sinking of the Lusitania on 7 May 1915, as were her father and siblings. Only her mother Mabel survived. During the sinking, Ehrhardt saw the Evelyn’s family on deck, and she was distressed that her brother had been separated from the family. Ehrhardt helped locate the boy and reunite him with his family. Unfortunately, Evelyn was lost and only her mother Mabel survived. Ehrhardt found Mabel in Queenstown, Ireland, while looking for Evelyn and her siblings without success. Researchers have speculated that the girl and family who Ehrhardt met might have been the family of Molly Mainman, but the fate of the Mainman family, where the girl and younger siblings are saved, does not match the fate of the family Ehrhardt met. Contributors Hildo Thiel References Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehling. The Last Voyage of the Lusitania. Madison Books, 1956. Miss Evelyn Neville
Finally found her, it was she who died in Nov 1922, I had thought it was Walter Digby-Best England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) Name: Mabel Frances Best Death Date: 8 Nov 1923 Death Place: Hertfordshire, England Probate Date: 17 Mar 1923 Registry: London, England England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Mabel F Best Death Age: 43 Birth Date: abt 1879 Registration Date: Dec 1922 Registration district: Watford Inferred County: Hertfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 811 TD