1907 Departure from UK:3093,3087 Empress of Ireland, departure 14 November 1907, Port of Liverpool, destination Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; G. F. Gray, Mason, age 27; P. O. Gray, laborer, age 24; Miss Gray, maid, age 19; Wm. Tippett, laborer, age 19; H. Grist, laborer, age 21. Laurence Gilbert not located on passenger list.

1907 Immigration:3084,3087 Empress of Ireland, landed at St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 December 1907, Harry H. Grist, age 37, can read and write, labourer, born in England, Hants, destination: Victoria; accompanied by future brother-in-law George, future sister-in-law Florence, future brother-in-law Laurence, future brother-in-law Cecil, and future brother-in-law William Tippet. Travelled on ocean ticket 86245, with railway ticket 72360.

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

1959 Death Certificate:1427 Harry Hedley Grist; death date, 26 August 1959; death place, Gorge Road Hospital, Victoria; in Canada 52 years; residence, 3010 Dysart Road, Saanich, Victoria; male, Canadian citizen, married, born, Kingsomborne, Stockbridge, England; born, 16 August 1870; 89 years; retired farmer, last worked, 7 months ago; wife, Mabel Gray; father, James Grist, England; Sarah Moody, England; informant, Mabel Grist, wife; cremation, 29 August 1959, Royal Oak Crematorium, Saanich.