Alberta Scrubb



Alberta Scrubb was the wife of Harold Scrubb and the mother to Eustace Scrubb. There's no mention how the Scrubbs are related to the Pevensies, so she may be the sister of Helen Pevensie or Mr. Pevensie.

Alberta and Harold Scrubb were very progressive people. They were non-smokers, teetotalers (non-alcoholics), vegetarians, pacifists, republicans, and wore a special kind of underwear. In their house, they had very little furniture, very few clothes on beds, and the windows were always open. In 1933, they had a son, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, whom they raised to be as they were. Alberta appeared to have been the true head of the family, rather than Harold. The family made their home in Cambridge.

In 1942, Alberta and Harold took in their nephew and niece Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, whilst the children's parents were abroad in America. Alberta is known to dislike all the Pevensie children. Both she and her husband were easily swayed by their son, and often believed the lies he said about his cousins, which got them into trouble. She preferred being called by her first name by Eustace, instead of mother or such.

When Eustace began to behave as they did, and become a kinder, better boy in the eyes of most, Alberta began to complain that it was Edmund and Lucy's influence.

In 1949, Alberta and Harold suffered the loss of their only son, Eustace, in a train accident. He was then 16.

In Film

 * In the 1989 BBC miniseries, Alberta is referenced (though not by name) when Lucy says that she and Edmund have to stay with "our aunt and our horrible cousin Eustace". The fact that Lucy refers to Alberta and not Harold may indicate that the Pevensies are related on her side of the family; however, it is not clear.
 * In the 2010 Walden film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Edmund Pevensie steals Alberta's name in an attempt to enlist in the army. He claims the name is a typographical error; "It's supposed to be Albert A. Scrubb."
 * Alberta herself does not appear in the film, though she is heard calling her son Eustace's name.