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FRANCIS, JOHN OSWALD (1882 - 1956), dramatist Born 7 September 1882, son of David Francis, Dowlais, Glamorganshire and Dorothy (née Evans) his wife. He was one of the first pupils at Merthyr Tydfil Intermediate School and graduated at Aberystwyth and the Sorbonne, before becoming a school teacher at Ebbw Vale county school and later at Holborn Estate grammar school, London. After military service during World War I he entered the Civil
FRIMSTON, THOMAS (Tudur Clwyd; 1854 - 1930), Baptist minister, historian and antiquary Born 28 July 1854 at Rhuddlan, son of Thomas, son of Thomas and Jane Frimston, and brother of John Frimston, pastor of Trehafod (died 1930). He was admitted to Llangollen Baptist College in 1876, and served the pastorates of Llangefni (1879-82), Brynhyfryd, Swansea (1882-7), Garn Dolbenmaen and Capel-y-beirdd (1887-93), Llangefni (1893-1904, when the Christmas Evans Memorial chapel was erected
GEORGE, THOMAS NEVILLE (1904 - 1980), Professor of Geology Neville (TN) George was born on 13 May 1904 at Morriston, Swansea, son of Thomas Rupert George (originally from Port Eynon, Glamorganshire) and Elizabeth (Lizzie, née Evans, both schoolteachers. He attended Pentrepoeth Infants' School in Morriston, Morriston Boys' Elementary School (1910-14), Swansea Municipal Secondary School, later Dynevor School, (1914-19), and Swansea Grammar School (a fee
GIBBON, JAMES MORGAN (1855 - 1932), Independent minister Born at Pont-Seli, Abercŷch, Pembrokeshire, 1855. He was a member of Bryn Seion (Cenarth, Carmarthenshire) church where Evan Herber Evans also was brought up. He was educated at Newcastle Emlyn and the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1872-5). In 1875 he was ordained minister of Tre-lech; he joined the English connexion and was minister at Castle Street, Swansea (1880-5); Highgate, London (1885
GITTINS, CHARLES EDWARD (1908 - 1970), educationalist Education Committee, the executive committee of the National Foundation for Educational Research, a governor of the National College for the Training of Youth Leaders, chairman of the Statutory Committee on Youth Employment, treasurer of the Standing Conference of Studies in Education, a member of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales under the chairmanship of Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, a
GREGORY, HENRY (1637? - 1700?), preacher with the Arminian Baptists Gregory became leader of 'the people of Hugh Evans ' (died 1656); this is substantiated by the report of Henry Maurice in 1675 that he was a teaching elder of the Arminians of West Radnor and North Brecknock who had their meeting-place at Cwm (Cwm Fardy, tradition says) in the parish of Llanddewi Ystradenny, at the house of Peter Gregory. There is not a word of Henry Gregory having to appear at
teulu GRIFFITH PENRHYN, . Ll. Williams and I. Williams), 52, 55; Iolo Goch ac Eraill (ed. H. Lewis, T. Roberts and I. Williams), 307; H. T. Evans, Wales and the Wars of the Roses, 14). WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1445 - 1505/6) The son and heir by the first marriage of GWILYM FYCHAN, is not always easy to distinguish him from his father. He married (1) Joan Troutbeck, widow of Sir William Butler of Bewsey, Cheshire; her mother was
GRIFFITH, EDWARD (1832 - 1918), antiquary Born at Barmouth 2 January 1832, son of David and Lowrie Griffith. His parents soon moved to Dolgelley to keep first the 'Crown' and then the 'Angel' inns. He had very little schooling, but learnt much in the two or three years he attended the British School, Dolgelley, where the headmaster was Daniel Evans, who had been promoted to the post when the school opened in 1840. At Dolgelley he
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader married Mair Benson-Evans (1918-2003), daughter of Dr and Mrs Benson-Evans, Prestatyn on 4 July 1945 in Rehoboth Chapel, Prestatyn and three daughters were born to them, Nia in 1947, Ann in 1949 and Gwawr in 1956. From his college days Huw Wynne Griffith had been heavily involved in the ecumenical witness. He served from 1939 to 1941 as the General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement (SCM), and
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1801 - 1881), Independent minister and hymn-writer in Anglesey, and he himself became one of the leaders of his denomination in North Wales. His connections with Moravianism are of great interest. His mother was a niece of William Griffith (1719 - 1782) of Drws-y-coed, Caernarfonshire, and his association with that family led to his marriage (1843) with Alicia Evans, grand-daughter of the same William Griffith. The marriage was solemnized at
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1719 - 1782), farmer Moravian workers at Dublin or at Bristol, while another was the mother of Alicia Evans, who married William Griffith of Holyhead (1801 - 1881). William Griffith of Drws-y-coed had a sister, Jane, whose daughter Janet married John Griffith (1752 - 1818) - William Griffith of Holyhead and his wife Alicia (parents of Sir John Purser Griffith) were thus second cousins. Alice Griffith of Drws-y-coed, again
GRIFFITHS, ANN (1776 - 1805), hymn-writer Pont Robert in 1797 and came into contact with John Hughes (1775 - 1854), the teacher and preacher, with whom she corresponded extensively. She married Thomas Griffiths (1779 - 8 April 1808), a Meifod farmer, on 10 October 1804 and died in August 1805 after the birth of her child; she was buried at Llanfihangel, 12 August. She used to recite her hymns to her maid, Ruth Evans, who treasured them in

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