Ethel Maud J Mann was born on Tuesday 15 February 1887 in Worcester, Worcestershire.

Ethel married John Henry Lemon in 1913 in Derby, Derbyshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to John Henry Lemon:

- John Eric Lemon	born on 24 August 1913 in Derby, Derbyshire.
- Alan Ernest Lemon	born on 13 February 1916 in Derby, Derbyshire.
- Elsie D Lemon	born in 1923 in Derby, Derbyshire.

Ethel died in 1981 in Bournemouth, Hampshire.