William Avery was born in Longbenton, Northumberland County, England to William Avery and Elizabeth McMellon. In 1849 he married Margaret Dawson. In 1851 he was a coal miner in New Hartley mine near Seaton DeLaval and the marriage had been blessed with a daughter, Jane Ann. William, Margaret, and baby Jane immigrated to the United States and were granted citizenship on 20 October 1856 in Allegany County, Maryland. In 1860 he was working as an engine man in Frostburg, Maryland. In 1870 he was an engine builder in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In 1880 he is a laborer in Versailles, Allegheny County, PA. He and Margaret had a total of nine children: Jane Ann, Elizabeth, William Charles, Nicholas, Margaret, James Henry, Mary, Frances Emma, and Sadie, seven of whom survived, married and had families of their own.
William Avery was born in Longbenton, Northumberland County, England to William Avery and Elizabeth McMellon. In 1849 he married Margaret Dawson. In 1851 he was a coal miner in New Hartley mine near Seaton DeLaval and the marriage had been blessed with a daughter, Jane Ann. William, Margaret, and baby Jane immigrated to the United States and were granted citizenship on 20 October 1856 in Allegany County, Maryland. In 1860 he was working as an engine man in Frostburg, Maryland. In 1870 he was an engine builder in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In 1880 he is a laborer in Versailles, Allegheny County, PA. He and Margaret had a total of nine children: Jane Ann, Elizabeth, William Charles, Nicholas, Margaret, James Henry, Mary, Frances Emma, and Sadie, seven of whom survived, married and had families of their own.
