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February 2012
Welcome to a small glimpse of our archives. Our archives are
full of wonderful personal letters, photographs, maps, Groton history, and genealogy of those who lived in this home,
ancesters, and many others whose stories were interwoven through the lives of the generations that lived in
and around Groton Bank.
SISTERS
Betsey Wood Avery Copp(1860-1930)
pictured above c.1880 at age 20. She married Belton Allyn Copp II in 1882. They had three children.
Mary Louise Avery Schellens (1855-1937)
pictured above c. 1880 at age 25. Louise married Pierre Schellens in 1885. They eventually had eight children, sadly
all three daughters died young. Louise came back to Groton the last 35 years of her life and lived next door to
her sister Betsey.
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A letter written in Dec 1886, by Betsey "Bessie" Avery Copp to her sister Louise Avery Schellens. They were living
almost 5,000 miles apart, Bessie with a three year old in Groton, Connecticut and Louise with a newborn daughter in Rio de
Janiero, Brazil. Bessie says she misses the time they spent together but knows how lucky they are " to be both
happy and have much to be thankful for".
Louise and Betsey were born to Christopher Lester Avery and Sarah"Sallie" Wisner Smith Avery.
Both sisters died in Groton, Connecicut.
Many more letters between the sisters and other family members and friends can be found in our archives, open to the
public by appointment.
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