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JONES, EDWARD (1749 - 1779), musician
JONES, EDWARD ALFRED (1871 - 1943), connoisseur of silverware Born 1871, one of the four children of Thomas (died 1877) and Mary Jones, Upper Cross Keys Inn, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire. The mother moved to Porthmadog (c. 1895) and to Pwllheli (c. 1910). The son had private tuition before joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers but he did not pursue that path and resigned from the army. Having developed a deep interest in gold and silver antiques, he began to
JONES, EDWARD OWEN (E.O.J.; 1871 - 1953), journalist and writer of englynion
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher Elen Roger Jones was born on 27 August 1908 in Marian-Glas, Anglesey, the daughter of William Griffith (1873-1935), the Anglesey Education Committee Secretary, and his wife Mary (née Williams, died 1961). Elen was William's first child and Mary's second, as she had a son with her previous husband, a captain who died in a storm whilst travelling on a ship a few months before the birth of their
JONES, ELIAS HENRY (1883 - 1942), administrator and author Born at Aberystwyth 21 September 1883, eldest son of Sir Henry Jones and Annie (Walker). He was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University, the University of Grenoble and Balliol College, Oxford, where he proceeded M.A. After being called to the Bar, he passed the Indian Civil Service administrative grade examinations, and in 1905 went to serve in Burma. He retired in 1922 as Financial
JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE CEMLYN - gweler CEMLYN-JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE
JONES, ELIZABETH JANE LOUIS (1889 - 1952), scholar lecturer in Welsh and English in 1916 at Bangor Normal College. In 1917 she married E. Louis Jones, a solicitor of Llanfyllin, son of Dr. Richard Jones, Harlech, and they had four children but two of them died young. In 1928 she published with Professor Henry Lewis, Mynegai i farddoniaeth y llawysgrifau (University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, 1928). She died 14 May 1952 at Wrexham, and was buried
JONES, ELIZABETH MARY (Moelona; 1877 - 1953), teacher and novelist Born 21 June 1877, in Moylon, Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire, the youngest of the 13 children of John Owen (a carrier who took farm produce by horse and cart to the industrial centres of south Wales before taking the tenancy of the farm, Moylon) and Mary, daughter of Abraham Jones (who was also a carrier). One of the children died young while the parents were in the cemetery at the burial of two others
JONES, ELIZABETH MAY WATKIN (1907 - 1965), teacher and campaigner Elizabeth May Watkin Jones was born on 10 May 1907 at Capel Celyn, Merioneth, the first child of Watkin Jones ('Watcyn o Feirion'; 1882-1967), postmaster, and his wife Annie (née Thomas; 1881-1924). She was raised in a home which set great store on Welsh culture and on education. Her father was a prize-winning poet in local eisteddfodau and successful in the art of singing to the harp (cerdd dant
JONES, ELIZABETH WATKIN - gweler WATKIN-JONES, ELIZABETH
JONES, EMRYS (1920 - 2006), geographer Emrys Jones was born at 3 Henry Street, Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, 17 August 1920. His parents were Samuel and Annie (née Williams) Jones. The geologist Sir Alwyn Williams, his mother's nephew, was a cousin. From his upbringing in the mining valleys, and like many of his contemporaries of the depression years, he inherited a tradition of total commitment to Wales, its language and
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author before settling in Llety'r Eos near Llansannan. That house became a meeting-place for Welsh writers, musicians, doctors and pacifists, and its cultured atmosphere is evoked by Alun Llywelyn-Williams in his poem 'Taith i Lety'r Eos'. Emyr continued his work as consultant in Liverpool throughout the war. On the family's return to Liverpool in 1948, Enid Wyn Jones embraced the Welsh religious and cultural

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