They had 3 children, Raymond, Cecily and Edward.
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When Emily met Ernest in 1897 she thought of him as an adventure-prone dreamer and her family thought he was not her equal in class.
However he was smitten and through his perseverance they were married on his return from Scott’s Discovery expedition on 9 April 1904.
For much of their married life Ernest was off on expedition or on lecture tours. There was little or no communication with her husband whilst he was away and Emily learned to be self-sufficient.
Their marriage was marred by numerous affairs on Ernest's part, most notably his relationship with the American born actress Rosalind Chetwynd (Rosa Lynd) which was begun in 1910 and continued on and off until his death in 1922.
When Ernest died on his final expedition he had left provision for his men but not his family, leaving a large debt.
