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JONES, JOHN OWEN (1857 - 1917), Calvinistic Methodist minister and tutor, and man of letters Born 11 January 1857 at Bryn-duntur, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire. He left the British School at Carneddi at the age of 12 and went to work in woollen factories at Bethesda and Clwt-y-bont and later at the Cae-braich-y-cefn quarry. In 1879 he was accepted as a preacher and after a short time at Clynnog went to Bala C.M. College in 1880. He was one of the first students at the University College of
JONES, JOHN RICHARD (1765 - 1822), Sandemanian Baptist minister Born at Bryn Melyn, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, 13 October 1765. He was educated at the school kept by Thomas Davies (1751 - 1781), then minister of the ' Old Chapel,' and was originally a member of the Independent church there; he began to preach there, but changed his denomination and was baptized by Henry Davies (1753 - 1825) of Llangloffan, at Trawsfynydd, 7 June 1788. He was ordained, 4
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1827 - 1884), editor of Y Drych, a Welsh-American newspaper Born 11 January 1827 at Bryn-bychan, Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. He moved with his parents to Ty'n-llwyn, Llanllyfni, where his father kept a school. In 1845 he emigrated, with a number of Caernarvonshire and Merioneth families, to the U.S.A. He worked on farms in Racine (Wisconsin), on a canal near Chicago, and as a furniture carpenter in Utica (N.Y.). He received some further education at
JONES, JOSEPH (1799 - 1871), Catholic priest The name of Joseph Jones is associated with Ysgeifiog, Flintshire. There, presumably, in 1799, he was born and there also, or not far away, he spent part of his adult life. Like some others from the mining districts of Flintshire, he too in his youth moved to work in the lead mines at Minera where, at the time, there were better work opportunities for miners. At Minera he joined Pen-y-bryn church
JONES, JOSEPH DAVID (1827 - 1870), schoolmaster and musician Towyn. He also taught music and conducted evening classes in that subject at Towyn, Bryn-crug, Llanegryn, and Aberdovey. After a six months' course at the Borough Road training college, London, he was appointed (October 1851) master of the British School, Towyn. He married Catherine Daniel in 1860. In 1865 he gave up his British School post and opened a private grammar school at Clwyd Bank, Ruthin. J
JONES, OWEN (Meudwy Môn; 1806 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and man of letters Penygarnedd. In 1827 he began to preach in the C.M. chapels. He also addressed meetings on behalf of the Bible Society, of which he became an assistant superintendent, a post he held for over forty years. He married Ellen, daughter of Richard Rowlands of Bryn Mawr, Llangoed. He left Anglesey in 1833 and went to Mold as proof-reader in the publishing firm of John and Evan Lloyd (1800 - 1879). The following
JONES, OWEN (Manoethwy; 1838 - 1866), school teacher and writer Jesus College, Oxford, in preparation for taking holy orders, but went instead as tutor to H. W. Kyffin of Bryn Tanad, Llanerfyl. While there he was able to broaden his historical knowledge, and to copy from some Welsh manuscripts. He then removed to London (and not to Oxford), remaining there until his health broke down, and returning to Llanfair about three weeks before his death on 7 February 1866
JONES, ROBERT ALBERT (1851 - 1892), barrister and educationist Born 16 September 1851, son of the Rev. John Jones, Pen-y-bryn, Wrexham, Denbighshire, and great-grandson of Robert Jones, Rhoslan. He was a cousin of ' Ioan Maethlu ' [ John Maethlu Jones, 1839 - 1866 ]. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and entered Corpus Christi, Oxford, in 1870, where he graduated B.A. with first class in Mathematics in 1874. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's
JONES, ROBERT AMBROSE (1848 - 1906), Calvinistic Methodist minister, man of letters, and publicist Born 24 March 1851, the eldest child of John and Maria Jones, at Bryn Aber, near Abergele, where his father was a gardener. The knowledge of the fact that his great-grandfather had married a French woman who was a lady's companion at Gwrych Castle helped to foster Emrys's interest in France and the Continent generally. After leaving the elementary school at Abergele, he went, at the age of 14, to
JONES, THOMAS (1819 - 1882), Independent minister Born at Rhayader, Radnorshire, 17 July 1819, son of John Jones (died 1829), a commercial traveller. He was apprenticed with a flannel manufacturer at Llanwrtyd, but in 1831 became a collier at Bryn-mawr, and later (1839) at Llanelly,Carmarthenshire. He began preaching with the Calvinistic Methodists, but joined the Independents in 1841. After some schooling at Llanelly and at Rhyd-y-bont, he was
JONES, THOMAS (1860 - 1932), farmer and poet Abel and Elin Jones, in December 1882, and lived at Tai-isaf until 1897, Bryn-du until 1912, and Cerrigellgwm until he died, 31 October 1932, in Denbigh Infirmary; he was buried at Cerrig-ydrudion, 2 November He was a tuneful poet, a writer chiefly of ballads; he had on several occasions won chairs and acted as adjudicator. He also won the principal essay prize at the Corwen eisteddfod (1929). He
JONES, THOMAS (1908 - 1990), trade unionist and Spanish Civil War veteran Although he was a proud Welsh-speaking Welshman, Tom Jones was in fact born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, on 13 October 1908, the son of a Welsh collier and an English kitchen maid. His father, William Jones, was a native of the Mold area of Flintshire who had moved to Lancashire with his Staffordshire-born wife Mary (née Clayton) because of the higher wages paid at the Bryn Hall colliery

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