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JONES, OWEN VAUGHAN (1907 - 1986), obstetrician and gynaecologist Owen Vaughan Jones was born at Pengwern, Llanwnda, Gwynedd, on 27 December 1907, the second son of John Edmund Jones (1874-1965), farmer, and his wife Mary (née Jones, 1877-1960). After primary school in Llanwnda he attended Caernarfon County School, and went on to Liverpool University to study medicine, graduating in 1931. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1934
JONES, (WILLIAM JOHN) PARRY (1891 - 1963), singer Born 14 February 1891 in Blaina, Monmouthshire, son of John Rees Jones, butcher, and Mary Jones (née Parry) his wife. At 11 years of age he won a scholarship to Abertillery county school, but he left after 18 months owing to the family's financial circumstances, and went to work in the colliery. After studying in evening classes and being appointed librarian at the Miners' Institute there, he
JONES, REES (Amnon; 1797 - 1844), farmer and poet Born at Talgarreg, 8 October 1797, the elder brother of John Jones (1802 - 1863). He lost his father when he was 12 years of age. He had been to David Davis of Castellhywel's school and could read Latin, but, owing to his family's straitened circumstances, was withdrawn from school and spent the remainder of his life farming. As a young man he married Mary, daughter of the Nantyrymenyn family
JONES, REES CRIBIN (1841 - 1927), Unitarian minister and teacher Brondeifi (1876), together with a house and a schoolroom. He prepared eight young men for the ministry: J. Hathren Davies, D.J. Williams, T.J. Jenkins, E.O. Jenkins, D. Rhoslwyn Davies, J. Carrara Davies, J.E. Jones, D. Cellan Davies. Until 1879 he ran a school as well as ministering at Newton Nottage, at Cribyn and at Lampeter. He was a 'public figure' at Lampeter, serving as a member of the Local Board
JONES, REES JENKIN (1835 - 1924), Unitarian minister, schoolmaster, historian, and hymn-writer Jones were members of his classes. In 1879 he resumed his old duties in the pulpit of the Old Meeting House and at Trecynon seminary, popularly known as ' Jones's School '. There he had among his students Sir T. Marchant Williams, G. Pennar Griffiths, and T. Botting. He retired from the ministry in 1909. He married Anne Griffiths (died 7 March 1899), Aberdare, and they had five children. He edited Yr
JONES, RICHARD (1787 - 1855?), printer and publisher , suffice here. Richard Jones was apprenticed in the printing office of Thomas Williams, Dolgelley (for him also see Ifano Jones, op. cit.); he became his former master's partner in 1807, and, in 1808, when Williams retired, sole owner of the business. He. married Catherine Evans at Dolgelley on 7 May 1809. Richard Jones was the first printer of Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, a journal which began its career in
JONES, RICHARD IDWAL MERVYN (1895 - 1937), schoolmaster, poet, and dramatist Born 8 June 1895 at Rhoslwyn, LampeterLampeter, Cardiganshire, the son of D. Teifi Jones, a native of Cwmerfin who became a well-known Liberal and conductor of eisteddfodau, and his wife Mary, who was descended from the Jones family of Llwynrhys - she was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Jones, Tynygwndwn and Bethel Parc-y-rhos. He was educated at the Lampeter primary school (1900-8) and S
JONES, RICHARD LEWIS (1934 - 2009), poet and farmer (1911-1957) and settled in the area. It was there at Tan-yr-eglwys, the family farm in the south of the county, that Dic Jones was brought up. He had an elder brother, David Goronwy (1932-2002) and later three girls arrived to complete the family, Rhiannon Maud Sanders (1935-), Margaret Elizabeth Daniel (1941-) and Eleanor Mary Isaac Jones (1942-). Dic received his formal education at Blaen-porth
JONES, ROBERT (1745 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and author Born 13 January 1745, son of John and Margaret Williams of Suntur, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. He was taught to read by his mother, and he attended one of Griffith Jones's circulating schools, kept by Thomas Gough. Robert Jones succeeded in persuading Bridget Bevan to reopen the circulating schools in North Wales, and he himself was a teacher at Llangybi (1766), Beddgelert (1767), Capel Curig
JONES, ROBERT (1806 - 1896), Baptist minister and author Born at Dolwenith, Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire, 14 November 1806, eldest son of John Evans, quarryman, and Mary his wife. In 1810 the family moved to Cae'r-waun in the same district. He learned to read in the Calvinistic Methodist Sunday school and, when he was 12 years of age, went for a year to the National School. Some time about 1831 he was converted to the principle of adult baptism by Alsi
JONES, ROBERT (1706? - 1742), country gentleman Born at Fonmon Castle, Glamorganshire, son of Robert Jones (1681 - 1715?), M.P. for Glamorgan (1710, 1713, and 1714), and great-grandson of colonel Philip Jones. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Charles Wesley (matriculated 24 April 1724), but returned to his estate at Fonmon without graduating. He was sheriff of Glamorgan in 1729. In 1732 he married Mary
JONES, ROBERT (1891 - 1962), aerodynamicist Born 7 November 1891 at Tŷ Newydd, Cricieth, Caernarfonshire the fourth child of John Jones and his wife Sarah Mary. He was educated at the local Board School and afterwards at Porthmadog County School. In October 1908 he entered the University College of North Wales with a small scholarship. His main course of study was in mathematics which he read under Professor G.H. Bryan, F.R.S., one of the

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