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PRICE, THOMAS (1852 - 1909), Australian politician Born at Brymbo, Denbighshire, 19 January 1852, son of John and Jane Price. As a boy, he went to Liverpool, where he was for many years a stone-mason. He married (1881) Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Lloyd, a timber-merchant; they had seven children. In 1883 ill-health drove him to Adelaide, South Australia, where in 1891 he became secretary of his trade union. In 1893 he became a labour
PRICE, WATKIN WILLIAM (1873 - 1967), schoolmaster, researcher of that year. Eventually, however, he turned to Plaid Cymru, supporting Gwynfor Evans in the Aberdare by-election in 1954. Because of the luke-warm support of some of the chapels for Labour, ' W.W. ' left Saron (Congl.) chapel, Aberaman, and joined the Welsh Unitarians meeting in Yr Hendy-cwrdd, Trecynon. In 1901 he married Margaret Williams, Henbant Hall, Llandysul, Cardiganshire. She died in 1950
PRICHARD, CARADOG (1904 - 1980), novelist and poet Caradog Prichard was born on 3 November 1904 in Bethesda, the youngest of the three sons of John Pritchard and his wife Margaret Jane (née Williams). (The spelling 'Prichard' was Caradog's whim.) John Pritchard worked at the Penrhyn Quarry and had been one of the 2,800 quarrymen involved in the bitter 1900-3 industrial dispute there, although he probably returned to work before the end of the
PRICHARD, CATHERINE JANE (1842 - 1909), poet - gweler PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
PRICHARD, JOHN (1796 - 1875), Baptist minister and tutor Born 25 March 1796, son of John and Jane Prichard of Tan-y-graig, Llaneilian, Amlwch. The family moved to Llandudno where he worked in a mine until he had saved sufficient money to go to Toxteth Park school, Liverpool. He returned to Llandudno where, for some time, he kept a school. In 1816 he became a Baptist, and in 1819 began to preach. He went to Abergavenny College in 1821, and in 1823 was
PRICHARD, JOHN WILLIAM (1749 - 1829), man of letters
PRITCHARD, JOHN THOMAS (1859 - 1890), musician Born 10 July 1859 at Cefn Capel Cwta, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, the son of Thomas and Jane Pritchard. A pupil-teacher at the local day school, he also received instruction in organ playing from Dr. Roland Rogers, Bangor. In 1878 he was appointed organist of S. Mark's church, Wrexham. He was a talented piano accompanist and officiated as such in national eisteddfodau held at Liverpool and Wrexham
PRYCE, JOHN (1828 - 1903), dean of Bangor Rowland Williams of Ysgeifiog and sister of Dr. Rowland Williams. Their second son was ARTHUR IVOR PRYCE (1867 - 1940), solicitor, registrar of the diocese of Bangor, and chapter clerk. From Friars School, Bangor, he went to Westminster School, and thence to University College, Oxford (1885), graduating in 1889. He bore a striking resemblance to his famous uncle, Rowland Williams. He was a diligent
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet the same collection prove that Morgan Prys was succeeded by ROBERT, Robert by MORGAN, Morgan by ROBERT, and Robert by MORGAN. The last of these Morgan s married in 1710 Katherine, daughter of Jane Wynne of Moelyglo, near Harlech, by whom he had a daughter, JANE, who married Griffith Williams of Islaw'rffordd, Llanddwywe, in 1732. Edmund Prys's eldest son by his second wife was Ffoulk (Ffowc) Prys
PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer , and (2) to Jane, daughter of Hugh Gwynn of Berth-ddu and Bodysgallen. He had three children by the first wife, and ten by his second. After his father's death Thomas Prys held the manor of Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire, with the livings held by his father; in 1599 he was sheriff of Denbighshire. He fought in the wars of the Netherlands at the end of the 16th century under Sir Robert Dudley, earl of
PRYSE, CATHERINE JANE (1842 - 1909), poet - gweler PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters , Llan-rhyddlad, Gerlan, Llanfairpwll, and Tan-y-fron, Llansannan. He became such a master of the art of weaving the herring-bone pattern that he was asked to supply the mantle material presented to princess Victoria at the Beaumaris eisteddfod, 1832. He married Grace Williams of Ynys-y-gwyddyl, Llanfflewin, 21 November 1828, and from that time on until 1857 lived at Llanrhyddlad, where he kept a shop

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