Ethel Mellor Avery

A woman in a checkered skirt and headscarf kneeling on the ground, smiling and holding a small object, with a man in a vest and striped shirt standing behind her, and two women in white shirts and dark skirts at a table in the background, outdoors near a tent.

Ethel Mary Mellor (1884-1961)

Ethel Mellor Avery was an elementary school teacher in New York City. She met Arnold Avery when he was also teaching in the New York City schools, as a plumbing instructor. They married in 1908, spent summers in Coventry, and moved to Coventry permanently in 1939. They had a long and loving partnership.

Ethel: Lake Party!

Arnold, Ethel & Skippy

Arnold, Ethel and Skippy

Ethel and Arnold on the swing with Mildred

Ethel and Skippy

Ethel and Friends at Lakeside

Ethel with Collie

Bessie Avery, Ethel and Arnold

Bessie Avery, Ethel and Arnold

Arnold and Ethel (late 1950's)

Anita Mellor, Charles Mellor, Mildred Mellor, Mary Ann Needham Mellor, John Mellor

unknown, unknown, Mildred, Ethel