Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, EDWARD (d. 1586), conspirator was the eldest son of Edward Jones of Plas Cadwgan, Denbighshire, and of Cornhill, London - tailor to Mary Tudor and master of the wardrobe to Elizabeth I - who was the son of John ap David ap Robert, a descendant of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon. Edward Jones the elder (sheriff of his county in 1576), died at Cadwgan in 1581, leaving substantial legacies to North Wales relations and money for founding a
JONES, EDWARD (1790 - 1860), minister (Presb.) excelled not so much as a preacher but as an educator and an expert on the property, constitution and discipline of his Connexion. He married Mary, daughter of David Davies, Machynlleth, and sister of Robert Davies (1790 - 1841). He died 29 August 1860, and was the first to be interred in Aberystwyth town cemetery.
JONES, EDWARD (Iorwerth Ceitho; 1838? - 1930), carpenter and eisteddfodwr Born c. 1838, the youngest of six children of Thomas and Eleanor Jones of Ffos-dwn, Dihewyd, Cardiganshire. When he was about 5 years old the family moved to the tenement of Bryn Haidd in Nantcwnlle. He was apprenticed as a carpenter with David Davies, Brynhyfryd, Bwlch-y-llan, who specialized in the making of threshing machines. He migrated to London to serve in a milk-walk and to tend cattle
JONES, EDWARD ALFRED (1871 - 1943), connoisseur of silverware Born 1871, one of the four children of Thomas (died 1877) and Mary Jones, Upper Cross Keys Inn, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire. The mother moved to Porthmadog (c. 1895) and to Pwllheli (c. 1910). The son had private tuition before joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers but he did not pursue that path and resigned from the army. Having developed a deep interest in gold and silver antiques, he began to
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher Elen Roger Jones was born on 27 August 1908 in Marian-Glas, Anglesey, the daughter of William Griffith (1873-1935), the Anglesey Education Committee Secretary, and his wife Mary (née Williams, died 1961). Elen was William's first child and Mary's second, as she had a son with her previous husband, a captain who died in a storm whilst travelling on a ship a few months before the birth of their
JONES, ELIZABETH MARY (Moelona; 1877 - 1953), teacher and novelist Born 21 June 1877, in Moylon, Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire, the youngest of the 13 children of John Owen (a carrier who took farm produce by horse and cart to the industrial centres of south Wales before taking the tenancy of the farm, Moylon) and Mary, daughter of Abraham Jones (who was also a carrier). One of the children died young while the parents were in the cemetery at the burial of two others
JONES, EMRYS (1920 - 2006), geographer Jones's post graduate research was developed, especially his doctoral thesis on Tregaron. That work led to several publications but the most significant was 'Tregaron: the Sociology of a Market Town in Central Cardiganshire' in Welsh Rural Communities, a volume edited by Elwyn Davies and Alwyn Rees (1960). Both the title and the context are worthy of note. It was unambiguously called 'the sociology of
JONES, EMYR WYN (1907 - 1999), cardiologist and author Director of Cardiac Studies there from 1966. For a period before and immediately after the war he also served as consultant to the three main hospitals in north Wales, Bangor, Rhyl and Wrexham, as well as holding a clinic in Rodney Street which was attended by many Welsh people. Later he was Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Hospitals Board (1968-1974) and together with the Chairman, Gwilym Prys-Davies, pressed
JONES, EVAN (1790 - 1860), the last of the Usk japanners was descended from the Allgood family. He bought the japannery from John Pyrke in 1826, but after the death of John Hughes (1784 - 1851), and of his artist Morgan Davies (1770 - 1837), he paid comparatively little attention to this business, and became increasingly absorbed in his farm, his ironmongery shop, his brickworks, and his gasworks, not to mention his participation in public life - he
JONES, EVAN (Gwrwst ab Bleddyn Flaidd, Gwrwst; 1793 - 1855), Baptist minister and littérateur Born at Llanddoget, Denbighshire, 26 August 1793. He began to preach when he was 18 years old, and became missionary to Llŷn and Eifionydd in 1815. He was ordained at Garn Dolbenmaen, 25 November 1817, and moved in 1820 to Llangollen, in 1822 to Dolgelley, and in September 1823 to Castleton, Monmouth, where he remained until his death on 1 December 1855. In 1824 he married Mary Morgan, Maesyfelin
JONES, EVAN (TALFRYN) (1857 - 1935), Baptist minister Born 26 May 1857 at Moel-y-crio, Halkin, Flintshire, the eleventh of the twelve children of Evan and Mary Jones. His parents were Calvinistic Methodists, but the son joined the Baptist church of Ainon, Pont-y-gof, was baptized there 24 March 1872, and began preaching in 1878. He went to a school at Llangollen in 1879, and to the Baptist college there in 1880, and afterwards became minister at
JONES, EVAN (Gurnos; 1840 - 1903), Congregational and Baptist minister, poet, critic, lecturer, and eisteddfod conductor Born 14 April 1840 at Hendrelywarch (others say Penrhipyn), Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire, the son of John and Mary Jones. The family removed to Ystalyfera about 1848. Within two years his mother died, and he lost his father five years later. He was educated at a school kept by the Rev. Daniel Evans at the Plough and Harrow in Gwernogle, and at the works school at Ystalyfera. He became interested in

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