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ALYS MEIRION - gweler WILLIAMS, ALICE HELENA ALEXANDRA
ASHLEY, LAURA (1925 - 1985), designer and businesswoman shearing champion Meirion Rowlands (d. 2008), who was about to leave the area due to lack of work opportunities. Foremost in Laura's mind was extending the flexibility of working from home to young mothers, whilst both firmly believed in the importance of good pay, and did not seek formal training in potential employees - as if finding that a clean slate had more to offer. The company was renamed 'Laura
CUNEDDA WLEDIG (fl. 450?), British prince Ceredigion, Afloeg by Aflogion in Lleyn, Dogfael by Dogfeiling in Dyffryn Clwyd, and Edern by Edeirnion. The Osweilion of Osfael has not yet been located; Tybion, the eldest son, is said to have died in Manaw Gododdin, but his son Meirion (Marianus) comes into the picture as lord of Meirionydd. Einion Yrth completes the number; it was his son, Cadwallon Lawhir (of the long hand), who, according to
DAVIES, DAVID LLOYD (Dewi Glan Peryddon; 1830 - 1881), poet, singer, etc. Born 3rd of March 1830 at Llwyn Einion, near Bala, brother to John Davies (Einion Ddu), he became prominent as an eisteddfodic entertainer and baritone singer both in Wales and in the U.S.A. A product of ' Cymdeithas Lenyddol Meirion,' he won several prizes at local and other eisteddfodau in Wales (and afterwards in America), including the national eisteddfod of 1865; he won the chair at Bethesda
DAVIES, MORGAN (bu farw 1857), sexton of Llanelltyd, Merioneth, and minor poet Many poems by him, written during the first half of the 19th century mainly in the form of englynion, are preserved in NLW MS 672D - the copies in this manuscript may be in his autograph. They deal with local events and persons in his part of the county of Merioneth; for a list of them see Jnl. of the Merioneth Hist. and Record Soc., i. He greeted, in verse, the appearance of Diliau Meirion
DAVIES, MORRIS (Meurig Ebrill; 1780 - 1861), poet ; they include englynion and about a dozen carols. His first publication, Diliau Meirion, appeared in 1853, followed next year by a second part; this latter has a preface by Griffith Griffiths (Gutyn Ebrill). His third published work, which appeared in 1855, bears the title Hanes Teithiau a Helyntion Meurig Ebrill gyda 'Diliau Meirion' o Ddolgellau i Gaerlleon-Gawr, Birkenhead, Llynlleifiad, a
DAVIES, WILLIAM THOMAS (PENNAR) (1911 - 1996), novelist, poet, theologian and scholar a huge impression on all he met, not least the generations of students he prepared for the Christian ministry in Wales and beyond. He was undoubtedly one of the most intellectual creative writers of the twentieth century and he was unrelenting in his efforts to ensure the continuation of Christian Welsh-speaking Wales. He had five children, one daughter and four sons, among them Meirion Pennar
EVANS, EDMUND (1791 - 1864), Wesleyan preacher Born 9 July, 1791 at Aberdeunant, Llandecwyn, Merionethshire. After lengthy consideration he became a member of the Wesleyan society in December 1815, was made an elder in April 1816 and started to preach in February 1818. He soon became a popular and influential preacher and was known as Utgorn Meirion (the clarion of Meirion). He refused an invitation to minister to the old cause of Cilgwyn
EVANS, MEREDYDD (1919 - 2015), campaigner, musician, philosopher and television producer estimated that 20% of the population listened to it. This made 'Merêd' a household name in Wales while he was still a relatively young man. It was here, at Bryn Meirion, Bangor, in March 1947, that he met Phyllis Kinney, an opera singer from Pontiac, Michigan. They were married the following spring on 10 April 1948 and had one daughter, Eluned (b. 1949). This was a long and happy marriage on the whole and
EVANS, WILLIAM MEIRION (1826 - 1883), miner, Calvinistic Methodist minister in U.S.A. and Australia, and editor of journals published in Australia
EVANS-WILLIAMS, LAURA (1883 - 1944), singer Eldest daughter of John and Ellen Evans, born at Bryn Meirion, Henllan, Denbighshire, 7 September 1883. She was educated at Howell's School, Denbigh, and at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She began her career as a contralto, winning prizes at several eisteddfodau; at the Academy she studied under Edward Iles who developed her voice as a lyric soprano. She became widely known as a concert and
GRIFFITH, OWEN (Ywain Meirion, Owen Gospiol; 1803 - 1868), ballad-writer and strolling ballad-singer If we could be quite certain that he was the man who under the pseudonym Owen Meirion wrote the article on the history of Bala, in Y Brython, 1860, 264-5, we could say that he was born at Bala. He sang in fairs all over Wales - he is heard of, e.g. at Machynlleth, Holywell, Llanfyllin, Llanrwst, and the Caernarvonshire fairs, and he was very well known in South Wales. He always wore a top-hat

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