Emily was born in Woodgreen in Hampshire, England
she was a daughter of Vincent MIST and Mary Anna BAILLIE

Emily emigrated to Napier in 1877 at the age of 9 on the ship
Renfrewshire with her parents and 1 year old sister Mary.
The ship sailed from London on September 29th 1877, arriving in Hawkes Bay on the 4th January 1878.
It was placed in quarantine on account of scarlet fever having broken out

Emily married David JONES on 29th April 1886 at Waipawa at the home of Thomas Wooster
- David was from Cardiff, Wales
- they settled in Woodville

- they had seven children
Eva Jones 1887
- she married Charles Avis LYNCH
- she died in 1979 in Auckland

Emily Jones 1890 in Patoka
- she married Frederick William EBBETT
- she died in 1972 in Palmerston North

Charles Jones 1892 in Woodville
- he married Margaret Mary HANRAHAN
- he died in 1982 in Palmerston North

Percy Jones 1893 in Woodvile - 1984 in Havelock North
- he married Elizabeth Cameron McBain

Alice Jones 1894 in Woodville
- marriage unknown
- she died in 1981 in Palmerston North

Walter Jones 1896 in Woodville
- he married Lillian Trixie MORGAN
- he died in 1980 in Woodville

Annie Jones 1901 in Woodville
- she married Joseph HUNT

David Jones 1903 in Woodville - 1991 in Palmerston North
- he married Irene BERKAHN
- he died in 1992 in Palmerston North


Husband David died in 1902 aged 44 of pneumonia & quinsy
- Emily was then about 2 months pregnant with their 8th child David

Emily remarried in 1908 to John HARRIS, a farmer in Woodville.
- John died in 1927, 27 years before Emily