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GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1853 - 1918), mining engineer and author
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1719 - 1782), farmer - 1801). This was due less directly to Griffith than to his wife ALICE (1730 - 1808), daughter of Rhys Ellis of Tyddyn Mawr, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Caernarfonshire (another literary family), whom he married 16 November 1753. Griffith died 20 April 1782; his widow died 6 March 1808; both were buried at Beddgelert. They had a son (who emigrated to U.S.A.) and eight daughters; five of these became active
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (Gwilym Caledffrwd; 1832 - 1913), quarryman and musician
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (fl. end of 16th century), admiralty judge for Caernarfonshire - gweler GRIFFITH, JOHN
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM JOHN (1875 - 1931), writer of short stories Born at Bwlan, Aberffraw, Anglesey, 15 September 1875, son of Thomas Lewis Griffith, farmer and valuer, and Margaret Griffith of Bwlan. The family went to live at Cefn Coch farm, Llansadwrn, near Beaumaris, where Griffith lived until he was 24 years of age. He was educated at Llansadwrn and at Beaumaris grammar-school, won an agricultural scholarship to the university college, Bangor, and took a
GRIFFITH-JONES, EBENEZER (1860 - 1942), Congregational minister and college principal Born 5 February 1860 at Merthyr Tydfil, son of the Rev. E. Aeron Jones and Mary Ann, daughter of David Griffiths (1792 - 1863), missionary to Madagascar. Although he received the best education that was possible at the time he attributed his culture and scholarship mainly to the influence of his father. He went to Carmarthen Presbyterian College, 1875-78, and was an assistant teacher at Swansea
GRIFFITH-JONES, WILLIAM (1895 - 1961), Independent minister and administrator Born at Deiniolen, Caernarfonshire, 2 November 1895, the son of David and Mary Jones, members of Ebenezer Independent Chapel. The ministers at Ebenezer, J. Dyfnallt Owen and E. Wyn Jones, had a great influence on the young Griffith-Jones. When the family moved to Liverpool, he joined the English church in Great George St. During World War I, he served for two and a half years in Salonica, 1916-19
GRIFFITH-WYNNE, CHARLES WYNNE (bu farw 1865), sheriff of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire - gweler GRIFFITH
GRIFFITHS, ANN (1776 - 1805), hymn-writer , Ann Griffiths a'i theulu (1963). Jane married in 1794 Thomas Jones, Ty Cornel shop, Llanfyllin, and her grandson John Jones's daughter Margaret Jane Jones was the wife of the minister and writer Owen Jones (1833 - 1899); she died in January 1909. As a girl she was fond of a gay life but sobered down after hearing Benjamin Jones (1756 - 1823) of Pwllheli preach. She joined the Methodist society at
GRIFFITHS, ARCHIBALD REES (1902 - 1971), painter narrowly failed to win the Prix de Rome, but was awarded a travelling scholarship which took him to Paris, Venice, and to the British School in Rome in 1927. Before leaving, Griffiths married Winifred May Jones (known as 'Bobby'), a seventeen year-old model at the Royal College, by whom he would have two children, Diana and Rhys Adrian. The development of Griffiths' career had been reported from the
GRIFFITHS, DAVID (1792 - 1863), missionary . Returning to Britain in February 1842, he settled at Hay. He did much work for the Malagasy people, writing and translating books. His chief literary works were: Hanes Madagascar, a History of the Martyrs, a Malagasy grammar, catechisms, a hymn book, etc. With the help of others, he translated the Bible into Malagasy and also edited and revised many books including the Pilgrim's Progress. Dr. Griffith
GRIFFITHS, DAVID (1756 - 1834), Methodist cleric Fields chapel, he was ordained a minister in the countess's connexion but later became an Independent. He was a minister in several places in England but, in his old age, returned to die in his brother's house at Lampeter Velfrey. There he was buried. Josiah Thomas Jones, printer and publisher of the Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol, was a nephew of the two brothers.

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433 - 444 of 1927 for "Griffith Hartwell Jones"