Mary Alice Jones was born on May 6, 1833 in Llanfwrog, Denbighshire, Wales to Thomas Jones and Sarah Green.

Mary married John Henry Jones on April 11, 1857 in Manchester, England. Her death record states she was married to a Grocer and Baptist Minister from Wales. In 1863 she immigrated to Canada with her husband and three children. They had seven more children in the first eleven years after arriving in Canada.

Mary died on February 20, 1921 in Sheffield, Ontario from old age.  She was buried in Tamworth United Church cemetery.