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teulu JONES, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, wife, Mary George (1853 - 1930) from the George family of Pembrokeshire, came to Blaencelyn in the parish of Llangrannog in 1876 to run the smithy. Their first eight children were born at the smithy; the family moved in 1889 to Cilie farm where the rest of the twelve children were born. Examples of Jeremiah Jones's poetry can be found in Awen Ysgafn y Cilie (1976). All his sons learned the
JONES, Syr THOMAS (bu farw 1622?), cleric and poet of the present note connects him with Monmouthshire. B.M. Add. MS. 14878, written c. 1692, contains an awdl-gywydd on the deliverance from the Armada, by ' Thomas Jones, parson of Llanfair, Monmouth '; this was printed by J. H. Davies in Hen Gerddi Gwleidyddol, 1901. The parish is that of Llanfair Kilgedin near Llanover; a Thomas Jones was rector there in 1590 (Bradney, iv, 258-9), and as his son
JONES, ALAN TREVOR (1901 - 1979), health service administrator and Provost, Welsh National School of Medicine , hoping eventually to obtain a position on the consultant staff of a hospital in Wales, Trevor Jones took the position of medical superintendent of the Swansea General Hospital where he combined clinical and administrative duties. After little more than a year he moved to Carmarthen to join a busy general practice headed by Dr Arwyn Davies, whose wife was Trevor Jones's mother's older sister. This
JONES, ALFRED ERNEST (1879 - 1958), psychoanalyst and Sigmund Freud's official biographer Born 1st January, 1879, in Gowerton, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Jones. He was removed from the local school to schools in Swansea, and from there he won a scholarship to Llandovery College. Subsequently, he became a student at University College, Cardiff, and University College, London, and while he was there, in 1900, he gained the diplomas of the Conjoint Board
JONES, Sir ALFRED LEWIS (1845 - 1909) Born 24 February 1845, at Carmarthen, son of Daniel Jones by his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Williams, rector of Llanedy, Carmarthenshire. The family moved to Liverpool when he was 2 years of age. Commencing his career as a ship's apprentice, he became a clerk in the firm of Fletcher and Parr, shipping agents, and rose to be manager of the firm. He subsequently became one of the leading figures
JONES, AUDREY EVELYN (1929 - 2014), teacher and campaigner for women's rights Audrey Jones was born on 15 October 1929 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, the eldest of three children of John Henry Reed (1901-1971), a police officer, and Evelyn Mary Reed, (née Tofield, 1898-1938), a newsagent. She had a brother Bernard (born 1936) and a sister Marion (born 1938). After her mother's early death, the family moved to Essex. Audrey won a place in Chelmsford County High School for Girls
JONES, BENJAMIN (P[rif] A[rwyddfardd] Môn; 1788 - 1841), poet, writer, and Baptist apologete Born 1788, son of William Jones, Treddaniel, one of the earliest Baptist deacons at Holyhead, and Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of William Roberts, Garreg-fawr. He was baptized at Holyhead by Christmas Evans in 1811, and spent his whole life there, as a draper, until his death on 19 February 1841. He married, 12 October 1810, Mary, daughter of Edward Parry of Holyhead, and thirteen children were
JONES, BENJAMIN MAELOR (1894 - 1982), educationalist and author Justice Du Parcq wrote a foreword to the volume. It was regarded as an important study on Fielding and was widely and generously reviewed at the time. B. Maelor Jones was highly respected within Merioneth and beyond. He was a wise, efficient and popular director of education. A genial and magnanimous person, he was a gifted and humorous raconteur. In 1930 he married Magdalen Mary Jones (she died 11 May
JONES, CADWALADR (1783 - 1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd from Bwlch Oerddrws to the uplands of Ganllwyd.' Cadwaladr Jones gave up charge of Llanelltyd and Cutiau in 1818, and of Brithdir and Rhyd-y-main in 1839, confining his labours to Dolgelley and Islaw'r-dref until 1858. After that, and until his death in 1867, he worked with E. Davies of Trawsfynydd at Llanelltyd and with E. Ellis of Brithdir at Tabor. He was buried in Brithdir cemetery. He was known
JONES, DAFYDD RHYS (1877 - 1946), schoolmaster and musician to Wales to be educated in Cardigan board school; Ardwyn school, Aberystwyth; and Newcastle Emlyn grammar school. Contemporaries at Newcastle Emlyn were William and David Davies of Pontrhydygroes with whom he spent part of his holidays, thus beginning his very long association with that area. He gained a teacher's certificate at Aberystwyth College, and taught in Corris, Bryn-mawr, and Park Boys
JONES, DANIEL EVAN (1860 - 1941), author Born 22 September 1860, at Soar, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, son of John Jones and his wife of Bargod Villa, Drefach. He was educated at local schools and by the Rev. W. E. Davies at the Pen-rhiw academy. In his youth he worked as a mason and bridge builder. Later he kept flannel and cloth factories in Dre-fach, Llandysul and Machen. He cultivated his literary interests from an early age. In 1899
JONES, DANIEL JENKYN (1912 - 1993), composer Daniel Jones was born on 7 December 1912 in Pembroke, the second son of Jenkyn Davies Jones, a bank manager, and his wife Margaret Falconer Jones. The family moved soon afterwards to Swansea, and Daniel Jones's name is inextricably linked with that city. His father was a composer and his mother a singer, and he showed early musical promise. As a pupil at Swansea Grammar School he became a close

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