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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JONES (1891 - 1945), revivalist, Apostolic pastor
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JONES (1863 - 1949), civil servant, secretary of Kodak Limited, treasurer of Coleg Harlech and Urdd Gobaith Cymru wife Mary Williams (1873 - 1942), of London and formerly Ruthin, whom he married in 1903, was mountaineering. He climbed in north Wales and the Alps with such pioneers as Owen Glynne Jones, Roderick Williams, J.M. Archer Thomson, and G.D. and A.P. Abraham; he had joined the Alpine Club in 1903 and was also a member of the Climbers' Club. He was a contributor to S.H. Hamer, Dolomites (1910, 2nd ed
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer Maud Jones (granddaughter of the eccentric Thomas Job, Cynwyl), and they had three sons and two daughters; she died in 1911; (2) in 1916, Annie Price (head-mistress of Mountain Ash school and daughter of T. Price, minister of Brechfa). He died 18 June 1959, and his remains were buried in front of the new chapel of Bethany. After the Revival Nantlais became associated with the leading personalities
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PRICHARD (1848 - 1916), co-founder of the Princes Road Presbyterian church, Bangor, and publisher of a new edition of Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr by Maurice Kyffin February 1925), daughters of Henry Lloyd Jones, solicitor, of Bangor (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 154). He died 31 July 1916.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RETLAW JEFFERSON (c.1863 - 1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian the African continent from the Cape to Cairo in 1909-10. He died in 1920. The second son, William Retlaw (which is Walter in reverse) became a solicitor in 1884, and had offices at Brecon and Tal-y-bont on Usk. There was a tradition of practising law in the family. The grandfather, Howell Williams, had married a sister of Walter Powell, the senior partner in the firm of Powell, Jones and Powell
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SIDNEY GWYNN (1896 - 1978), musician and administrator Songs (1927), Caneuon Traddodiadol y Cymry/ Traditional Songs of the Welsh (1961, 1963), Un ar ddeg o Ganeuon Gwerin Cymru/Eleven Welsh folk-songs (1958). In 1937 he founded the Gwynn Publishing Company, which published a large number of (mainly vocal) works by Welsh composers and works by European composers with Welsh words by such authors as T. Gwynn Jones and John Eilian (1904-1985). Gwynn Williams
WILLIAMS, ZEPHANIAH (1795 - 1874), Chartist ' Pencerdd y De ' (see M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig, and R. Griffith, Llyfr Cerdd Dannau, 325-6)
WILSON, RICHARD (1713 - 1782), landscape painter duke of Cumberland. In 1768 he became one of the foundation members of the Royal Academy, of which he was appointed librarian in 1776. In 1781 Wilson retired to live at Colomendy, near Mold, where his brother acted as agent for the owner, Catherine Jones, their kinswoman. He died 15 May 1782, and was buried at Mold. Many of Wilson's favourite subjects were repeated, often indifferently, by himself
WINTER, CHARLES (1700 - 1773), Arminian Baptist minister debate in the Baptist Association, which met at Hengoed in 1730 and at which Abel Francis was also present, Winter (but not David and Isaac) consented to a compromise, and indeed afterwards became assistant to Morgan Griffith (died 1738), pastor of the church. In 1740, though there was a party which desired the promotion of Winter, the majority favoured Griffith Jones of Pen-y-fai, and Winter co
teulu WOOD, Welsh gipsies buried under the name ' John Abraham Woods,' at Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, 14 April 1818, 'aged 76.' He was the first harpist in the family. His children included (1) ADAM WOOD (died between 1852 - 1857), harpist Music Performing Arts Born at Abergynolwyn, who was 90 years old when he was buried at Lampeter some time between 1852 and 1857. Two of his sons were (a) JOHN WOOD JONES (1800 - 1844), harpist
WOODING, DAVID LEWIS (1828 - 1891), genealogist, historian, bibliophile and shopkeeper briefly back to Ffrwdfâl Academy but left October 1845 to assist his father in the family business, travelling extensively in both England and Wales. He married Marianne, daughter of Peter Jones, at Llanddewi Abergwesyn parish church on 18 June 1858. He died on 2 May 1891 after a brief illness and was buried in Beulah (Congl.) cemetery. In 1861 he took over responsibility for the shop. This enabled him
WOOLLER, WILFRED (1912 - 1997), cricketer and rugby player in 1947 when he scored more than 1,000 runs for the first time, shared a record seventh-wicket partnership of 195 with Willie Jones against Lancashire, and captured 79 wickets. A strong leader, he led Glamorgan in 1948 to their first county championship title. He was a fearless short-leg fielder and in the 1950s often opened both the batting and bowling. In 1954, at the age of 41, he achieved the

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1897 - 1908 of 1927 for "Griffith Hartwell Jones"