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JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire
JONES, EZZELINA GWENHWYFAR (1921 - 2012), artist and sculptor Ezzelina Jones was born in Pontarddulais on 28 June 1921, the second of the three children of Godfrey Hugh Beddoe Williams, a doubler in the Clayton Tin Works, and his wife Elizabeth Mary Williams. She had two sisters, Elizabeth Jane (Betty) and Rita. In the early years Ezzelina was known in the family as Gwen or Gwenhwyfar. It appears that she was given the unusual name of Ezzelina in memory of
JONES, FRANCES MÔN (1919 - 2000), harpist and teacher Frances Môn Jones was born on 20 October 1919 at Broughton near Wrexham, the daughter of David Charles Davies and his wife Mary Jane (née Goodwin). She was educated at the local school and Grove Park Grammar School in Wrexham, and mastered Welsh as a schoolgirl, in spite of not hearing the language at home. She began to play the organ at Pisgah chapel in Broughton at the age of 14, but a year
JONES, GEORGE DANIEL (1877 - 1955), master printer Born 1877 in Lampeter, Cardiganshire, the son of Daniel and Margaret (née Rees) Jones, Red Lion Fach, later of Harford Row, Lampeter, Cardiganshire. George was apprenticed to T.L. Davies, Caxton Press, Lampeter and thereafter joined the staff of a well-known firm of printers at Gloucester as an improver. Within a few years, on the advice of J. Gwenogvryn Evans, he joined the Oxford University
JONES, GLADYS MAY (1899 - 1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio da/Good night ” (1946), ' We'll keep a welcome ' (1949), and ' Rhondda rhapsody ' (the piano theme of the popular radio series ' Welsh Rarebit ', 1951). She married at Newport in 1947, David (Davey) Davies of Garnant, a prominent singer and programme engineer for the B.B.C. in Wales (he died in 1964). She retired from the B.B.C. in 1959, and died at her home, 19 St. Mark's Crescent, Newport, 7 May
JONES, GWILYM CERI (1897 - 1963), minister (Presb.) and poet , Mary Symmons, Swansea; they had a son. He died 9 January 1963 at Llansamlet. He was in great demand as an original and astute preacher until a severe illness left him with impaired speech. He then turned his creative talents to writing poetry, specialising in the strict metres and having his work published in weekly newspapers and Welsh periodicals. He competed at the national eisteddfod and won
JONES, GWILYM CLEATON (1875 - 1961) Cape Town, Johannesburg, bank manager Race Relations. He had four sisters. He married (1) Esther Anne Davies, Llandeilo; one son and four daughters were born to them. Their son died in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1941 where he was serving as a captain in the Transvaal Scottish Regiment. After his wife's death in 1940 he married (2) Mrs. Alice Lilian Williams, Johannesburg. Cleaton Jones died in Cape Town 30 September 1961 and was cremated.
JONES, GWILYM EIRWYN (EIRWYN PONTSHÂN; 1922 - 1994), carpenter, entertainer, nationalist Eirwyn Pontshân was born on 31 August 1922 at Preswylfa, Talgarreg, the son of Mary Theodosia Jones. He had a sister, Margaret Irene (Magina) Jones (later Thomas). The greatest influence on him in his childhood was his grandmother, Ruth Jones, Mynachlog. At the age of over eighty she published her autobiography, Atgofion Ruth Mynachlog (Gwasg Gomer 1939). Eirwyn left the local school at the age
JONES, HARRY LONGUEVILLE (1806 - 1870), archaeologist and educationalist Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, revealed an interest in Wales and facility as a draughtsman that would be developed considerably over the following decades. Jones was ordained a deacon (1829) and priest (1831) in the Church of England, and briefly served as curate of Conington, Cambs., but did not seek further ecclesiastical preferment. Instead, after being obliged to resign his fellowship upon his
JONES, HUGH (1837 - 1919), Wesleyan minister and historian ), Caernarvon (1875), Chester (1878), Rhyl (1880), Liverpool (Shaw Street) (1883), Tregarth (1886), Liverpool (Mount Zion) (1887), Liverpool (Shaw Street) (1890), Tregarth (1893), Liverpool (Mount Zion) (1896), and Bangor (1899). In 1902 he was appointed superintendent of the Bookroom. He retired in 1911 and died 23 May 1919. He married Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Williams (Calvinistic Methodist) of
JONES, HUGH WILLIAM (1802 - 1873), Baptist minister and editor Philip Davies. He died 1 June 1873. He had been twice married; his first wife was a daughter of Titus Lewis, his second the widowed daughter-in-law of Joshua Watkins.
JONES, HUMPHREY (Bryfdir; 1867 - 1947), poet and 'compère' of eisteddfodau Born 13 December 1867, in Cwm Croesor, Merionethshire, son of John Jones a smallholder and Mary (née Roberts) and grandson of Robert Roberts of Erw Fawr who founded the Sunday school at Llanfrothen. He lived practically the whole of his life in Blaenau Ffestiniog. After leaving school at the age of 12 he became a quarryman and eventually attained an official position. He learned the rudiments of

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