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JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar published in Y Faner and the Abergele Visitor, but his first separate publication was Dyddiau'r Parch. Richard Owen (1891), a booklet about half of which was the work of 'Gwynvre ap Iwan' and the rest by 'Gwilym Meredydd' (Reverend W.M. Jones). His satire 'Gwlad y Gân' appeared in Cymru (two cantos in 1896 and 1897) and in Papur Pawb (three cantos in 1898). This was his first substantial poem, and was
JONES, THOMAS IVOR (1896 - 1969), solicitor Born July 13, 1896 at Caergai, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire, the seventh child of John Morris and Jane Jones (the latter born at Cefngwyn, Llanuwchllyn). Educated at the village school, Llanuwchllyn, Bala County School and Towyn County School, which was then attracting pupils from a large area, he also owed much to the Rev. Owen Ellis, the Presbyterian minister at Llanuwchllyn, and Mrs Ellis
JONES, THOMAS LLOYD (Gwenffrwd; 1810 - 1834), poet some verse translations from the English, done by him, and is dedicated to William Owen Pughe. An elegy of his on Ifor Ceri (John Jenkins, 1770 - 1829) won the prize at the Beaumaris eisteddfod of 1832. He moved from Holywell to Denbigh - it was from here that he wrote a letter to R.L. Morris, Holywell, which was published in Adgof uwch Angof, and it was there that he wrote ' Llinellau for Y
JONES, THOMAS OWEN (Gwynfor; 1875 - 1941), librarian, dramatist, actor and producer
JONES, THOMAS PARRY (1935 - 2013), inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Parry Jones was born on 27 March 1935 at Dwyran, Anglesey, and was brought up at Carreglefn in the same county, the eldest of three children of Owen Thomas Jones (1916-1999, a farmer, and Grace Parry (1917-2018), his wife. He attended Carreglefn Primary School and the Sir Thomas Jones School, Amlwch. After leaving school he worked at an ICI factory in Northwich, Cheshire, subsequently
JONES, THOMAS ROBERT (Gwerfulyn; 1802 - 1856), founder of the charitable movement, the True Ivorites up a society which would assist its members financially as well as safeguarding and nurturing the Welsh language. Robert Davies, ' Bardd Nantglyn ' and William Owen Pughe expressed their willingness to be sponsors but both died before having an opportunity to help. Jones ventured and established a ' United and Gomerian Society under the sign of the Cross Guns ' in Wrexham on 6 June 1836. There is
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1566 - 1640), judge royalist captain, Bartlet, swooped down from Wexford, plundered Castellmarch, and kidnapped Griffith Jones, probably as hostage for the life of Sir John Owen, who had just been condemned to death. He continued to serve on county committees (even under the Barebones régime) until the Protectorate collapsed; but he was ill-disposed towards the dominant Puritanism. By March 1660, he had become a supporter
JONES, WILLIAM (Bleddyn; 1829? - 1903), antiquary, local historian, geologist, and collector of folk-lore Born at Beddgelert, 1829, son of John Jones, sexton (who is referred to in Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago) and Catrin Williams. He was apprenticed to a tailor at Caernarvon in 1841, but apart from a brief spell at Portmadoc he spent his life in business at Llangollen, and died there 30 January 1903. He shared the prize with Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys) for an essay on the antiquities of the
JONES, WILLIAM (1814? - 1895), Wesleyan Reformer,' afterwards Independent minister Born in 1814 or 1815 at Bodedern, Anglesey. He joined the 'Little Wesleyans' (see Owens, Owen), and was one of their preachers in 1837; in 1841 he was a missioner of theirs at Liverpool, and in 1842 editor of their short-lived (one year) periodical, Blaguryn y Diwygiad. By 1846, however, he was pastor of a church there belonging to the parallel movement, the ' Wesleyan Methodist Association '; in
JONES, WILLIAM LEWIS (1866 - 1922), professor of English ground of ill-health he resigned in 1919 and was made Professor Emeritus. He died at Bangor 2 February 1922. In 1901 he had married Edith Owen of Menai Bridge. Lewis Jones wrote many articles for the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, the Quarterly Review, etc. He edited Caniadau Cymru, 1897; Land of my Fathers, 1915; and, in collaboration with W. Cadwaladr Davies, The University of Wales, 1915. He
JONES, WILLIAM OWEN (Eos y Gogledd; 1868 - 1928), musician Born in Llanbedr, in the Conway Valley, 29 December 1868, the son of Owen Jones and his wife; they moved in 1877 to Dolrhedyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog. He went to Tanygrisiau elementary school and afterwards started to work as a quarryman in Cwmorthin slate quarry; he worked later in Maenofferen slate quarry. In 1901 he married Margaret Jones, Capel Garmon. He went to Cardiff University College to
JONES, WILLIAM OWEN (1861 - 1937), minister of the 'Free Church of the Welsh', Liverpool

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