Family Remembrance:2 "Mabel Violet (18??-1960) was the seventh child of the Gray family. She was an aunt of whom I knew little. She married Harry Grist who remained aloof from the family. There were no children. While he lived, Mabel led a Spartan existence in the country and had little of the comforts of life."

1887 Possible Birth Registration: Mabel Violet Gray, birth, 1887 Q2 Apr-Jun, Wandsworth, London, Surrey, v. 1d, p. 701 (FreeBMD)

1891 British Census:2708
London, England (Battersea; Clapham Parliamentary Borough; St. Marks Ecclesiastical Parish)
Enumerated 5 April 1891
295 Lavender Hill
John E. Gray •• head, male, 41, builder & decorator, employer, born Hoxton, London
Eleanor S. •• wife, married, 40, born Eyke, Suffolk
George F. •• son, single, 18, carpenter apprentice, employed, born Pimlico, London
Eleanor S. •• daughter, single, 16, born Westminster, London
Florence E. •• daughter, single, 14, scholar, born Westminster, London
Rose E. •• daughter, single, 11, scholar, born Pimlico, London
Percy O. •• son, single, 6, scholar, born in Lambeth, London
Mabel V. •• daughter, single, 3, born in Wandsworth, London

1901 British Census:212
London, England (Wandsworth)
Enumerated 31 March 1901
310 Merton Road
John E. Gray •• head, male, 51, builder, employer, born Hoxton, London
Eleanor S. •• wife, female, 50, born Eyke, Suffolk
Florence E. •• daughter, single, 24, born Westminster, London
Rose E. •• daughter, single, 21, born Lambeth, London
Percy O. •• son, 16, born Lambeth, London
Mabel V. •• daughter, 13, born Battersea, London
Lawrence G. •• son, 9, born Battersea, London
Cecil H. •• son, 8, born Battersea, London
Matilda Dormer •• servant, 14, household domestic, born Wandsworth, London
Brother George Fosdick Gray and family lived at 400A Merton Road

1908 Departure from UK:3092,3086 Empress of Britain, departure from Port of Liverpool, 24 July 1908, destination Port of Quebec; party of 5 on ticket number 12920; J. E. Gray, age 60; Mrs. Gray, age 57; Miss Gray, age 26; H. S. Plymsell, age 27; and Mrs. Plymsell, age 26; were listed as of Scotch origin. The Atlantic voyage was five days duration.

1908 Immigration to Canada:3083 3086 Empress of Britain, landed at Quebec, 29 July 1908, 2nd Class, Mabel Gray, age 21, can read and write, single, daughter to work with father, born in England, Church of England, destination: Victoria; accompanied by father John Gray, mother Eleanor Gray, brother-in-law Henry Plymsell, and sister Rose Plymsell. Entire party travelled on contract ticket 12920, purchased by John Gray.

1908 Marriage Certificate:1434 Harry Hedley Grist, age 37, residing at Garden Street, Victoria, born in England, bachelor, gardener, parents, James and Sarah Grist; Mabel Violet Gray, age 21, residing at Victoria, born in England, spinster, parents John Edward and Eleanor Sophia Gray (nee Fosdick), witnessed by J. E. Gray and Eleanor S. Gray, residing on Garden Street; date of marriage, 5 August 1908; religious denomination, Church of England, married by license; Christ Church, Vancouver. Note that Mabel arrived in Quebec on the Empress of Britain on 29 July 1908 and married Harry Grist on 5 August 1908 in Victoria, British Columbia.

1911 Canadian Census:3006
British Columbia, Canada (Cadara Mill, Saanich, Nanaimo)
Enumeration date not given
Harry Grist •• male, head, married, born August 1870, age 40, born in England, immigrated in 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, non Anglican, fruit grower, employer, works on own account on farm, has $500 life insurance, British heritage, Canadian nationality, non-demoninational
Mable •• female, wife, married, born April 1887, age 24, born in England, immigrated in 1908, British heritage, Canadian nationality, non Anglican, British heritage, Canadian nationality, non-demoninational
Herbert Brown •• male, assistant, single, born April 1887, age 24, British heritage, immigrated in 1911, British heritage, Canadian nationality, Anglican, laborer, employee, can read, write, and speak English
Sing Ah •• male, assistant, married, born June 1889, age 22, born in China, immigrated in 1910, Chinese heritage, Chinese nationality, Confucian, employee, can read, write, and speak Chinese

1960 Death Certificate:1424 Mabel Violet Grist; death date, 23 February 1960; death place, St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria; in Canada 52 years; residence, 3010 Dysart Road; female, Canadian citizen, widowed, born, London, England; born, 30 April 1887; age 72; home duties; husband, Harry Grist; father, John Edward Gray, England; mother, Eleanor Sophia Fosdick, England; informant, L. G. Gray, brother, 795 Meaford Road, Victoria; cremation, Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich.