Ethel Kay was born on Monday 10 March 1902.

Ethel married Harold Edward Adams on Wednesday 24 October 1928.

She had the following children from her marriage to Harold Edward Adams:

- Peter Adams	born in 1929.
- Michael Adams	born in 1929.
- Clive Edward Adams	born on 12 February 1930.
- Malcolm John Adams	born on 18 July 1931.

Ethel died when she was 76 years old, on Wednesday 28 June 1978.