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JONES, Sir ALFRED LEWIS (1845 - 1909)
JONES, CADWALADR (1783 - 1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd Born May 1783 at Deildre Uchaf, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, the only child of John and Dorothy Cadwaladr. His parents were never Nonconformists and were not regarded as particularly devout, although they inclined to the Church of England. He was 11 years of age when George Lewis (1763 - 1822) became minister at Llanuwchllyn, and it was Dr. Lewis who admitted him to membership of the Old Chapel in
JONES, Sir CADWALADR BRYNER (1872 - 1954), a leading figure in Welsh agricultural education and eminent civil servant Born 6 April 1872, son of Enoch Jones, Cefnmaelan, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, and Jane, the daughter of Lewis Jones, Maesbryner. He was educated at Dolgellau grammar school and Aspatria agricultural college; he received the degree of M.Sc. from Durham University and was a Fellow of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He was appointed assistant lecturer at U.C.N.W., Bangor in 1893
JONES, CAIN, almanac-maker Son of John Edwards ('Siôn y Potiau'). The date of his birth is not known, but his brother Abel (who became a Baptist minister at Merthyr Tydfil) was christened at Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, 21 December 1740, and it may be argued that Cain was senior to Abel. Upon the death of Gwilym Howell, in 1775, he undertook the editorship of the Welsh almanac Tymmhorol, ac wybrennol Newyddion. He was
JONES, DAVID (1770 - 1831), Congregational minister, hymnist, and musician Born October 1770, at Coed-y-ddôl, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd. By trade he was a maker of wooden domestic dishes and utensils. Whilst still a young man he went to Wrexham for a course of instruction at the Academy conducted by Jenkin Lewis. In 1801 he took charge of the Congregational church at Holywell, Flintshire. He published a collection of hymns in 1821 (2nd ed. the same year and a 3rd ed. in
JONES, DAVID (c. 1630 - 1704?), Puritan opposite his name, but he was alive in 1700 when David Evan Rhydderch nominated him, as his friend ' David Jones of Coedmor,' overseer of his will. According to Evan Lewis (1788 - 1864), who wrote an account of the Cilgwyn church about 1864, with the old register in front of him, there was a record of his activities there until 1704. Tradition places his death in 1700. He married Deborah, daughter of
JONES, DAVID (1789? - 1841), Baptist historian Born probably at Carmarthen, in 1789, according to his tombstone, but in 1791 according to his own statement (Bed. Deheubarth, 443); his father died in 1800. Baptized by Titus Lewis in February 1804, he began preaching in 1811. Towards the end of 1812 he went to Merthyr Tydfil as a printer, but his energies in establishing an English Baptist church there led to neglect of his work, and dismissal
JONES, DAVID JOHN (1906 - 1978), opera singer ), who was herself a successful singer and elocutionist; his best man was his fellow-singer from Swansea, Howell Glynne (1906-1969). Dai and Mary had one son, Trevor, born in 1936. Dai retired from the stage in the late 1950s and became a park-keeper in Pontardawe. He died on 10 December 1978.
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1945 - 2010), Librarian of the House of Lords
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1788 - 1830), Arian minister and academy tutor
JONES, DORA HERBERT (1890 - 1974), singer and administrator University College of Wales, Aberystwyth to study Welsh. During her time at Aberystwyth she came under the influence of the folk-song collector Mary Davies, and was a member of a quartet which sang folk-songs and performed at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1911. After graduating in 1912 she took a year's course in palaeography before her appointment as secretary to John Herbert Lewis, the M. P. for Flintshire
JONES, EDMUND (1702 - 1793), Independent minister, and author Born in the parish of Aberystruth, Monmouth, 1 April 1702, son of John and Catherine Lewis of Pen-llwyn, a small holding (near the present Nant-y-glo railway station). Both parents were members of the Independent church at Penmaen. His only education was gained from the curate of Aberystruth, Howel Prosser. He began preaching in 1722, assisted the minister at Penmaen, and was ordained there in

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