Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, JOHN (1842 - 1908), Calvinistic Methodist missionary study, mainly medical, in Edinburgh, and on 6 January 1871 was ordained at Salem, Dolgelley. On 31 May of that year he married Sidney Margaret, (1850-1931), daughter of Thomas Jones (Glan Alun), a true fellow-worker. They sailed for India on 27 September 1871, settling first in Shella, but moving to Cherrapoongee five years later. As a pioneer Roberts undertook long and dangerous journeys to preach
ROBERTS, JOHN (1767 - 1834), Independent minister and theologian preach ' and the following March went, at his own expense, to the North Wales Academy at Oswestry which was at that time conducted by Edward Williams (1750 - 1813), where he remained until Whit Sunday, 'trying to learn Latin.' He then worked for some time on the same subject with Abraham Tibbott at Llanuwchllyn, and after that with Benjamin Jones at Pwllheli. In January 1791 the Congregational Board
ROBERTS, JOHN (Alaw Elwy, Telynor Cymru; 1816 - 1894), harpist nine and a half years. He then settled at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and remained there for the rest of his life. In 1836 he married Eleanor Wood Jones, daughter of Jeremiah Wood Jones, harpist at Gogerddan for half a century. A pupil of Richard Roberts (1796 - 1855), a Caernarvon harpist, he became a noted harpist and a skilled singer of penillion to the accompaniment of the harp. He won the triple
ROBERTS, JOHN (Siôn Lleyn; 1749 - 1817), poet, schoolmaster, and religious pioneer Gaingc; see also Adgof uwch anghof by John Jones (Myrddin Fardd), and the Myrddin Fardd manuscripts in N.L.W. Siôn Lleyn wrote some hymns also. He died 7 May 1817 and was buried in Deneio churchyard, Pwllheli.
ROBERTS, JOHN (1807 - 1876), musician Born 30 March 1807 at Henllan, near Denbigh; the son of Aaron and Jane Roberts. He attended the village school until he was 13 and, two years later, began to receive instruction from Thomas Jones, Congregational minister, Denbigh. He was taught music by Thomas Daniel, Henllan; he also studied books on music. He collected a large number of hymn-tunes that were used at times of religious revival or
ROBERTS, JOHN (1879 - 1959), minister (Presb.) and historian as minister at Aberdovey (1903-06), David St., Liverpool (1906-13), and Pembroke Tce., Cardiff (1913-38). He was called to serve as secretary of the Central Fund of the South Wales Association in 1938; ten years later the funds of North and South Wales were combined and he became the first secretary of the united Fund of the Presbyterian Church of Wales. In 1903 he married Annie Jones Hughes
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party Born 1 May 1899 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Meirionethshire, the son of John Roberts, a miner and Mary Jones, daughter of a blacksmith from Harlech. He was brought up by his grandparents in Penrhyndeudraeth and received his education in the local schools. When he left in 1913 his grandmother Sarah Jones arranged for him to travel to his parents' home in Abertridwr, where he found work at the Windsor
ROBERTS, JOHN HENRY (Pencerdd Gwynedd; 1848 - 1924), musician ). Other hymnals with which he was connected were Llyfr Hymnau a Thonau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1897, Llawlyfr Moliant yr Ysgol Sul, 1897 (with W. T. Samuel), Llyfr Tonau y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd, 1904 (with D. Emlyn Evans and Wilfred Jones). He was a contributor to Y Cerddor. He died 6 August 1924 and was buried in Smithdown Road cemetery, Liverpool.
ROBERTS, JOHN IORWERTH (1902 - 1970), schoolmaster and secretary of Llangollen International Eisteddfod history. He held classes on the topic for the Workers' Educational Association, and his lecture on the 1858 Llangollen eisteddfod to the Denbighshire History Society was published in the Society's journal in 1959. He married (1) Dilys Alwen Jones (died 11 July 1965) in Rehoboth chapel, Llangollen, in August 1934 and they had one daughter; and married (2) Dilys Jones of Llangollen in King Street
ROBERTS, KATE (1891 - 1985), author Twm o'r Nant in Denbigh. In 1910, she went to the University College of North Wales, in Bangor, where she was one of a very small number of female students at that time; she was acutely aware of her privilege and of the financial sacrifice her education meant for her parents. She studied Welsh under the charismatic John Morris-Jones and the scholar, Ifor Williams, though again, as in the County
ROBERTS, LEWIS JONES (1866 - 1931), inspector of schools, and musician Born 29 May 1866 at Aberaeron, Cardiganshire, the son of Lewis Roberts and his wife, Margaret (Jones). He was educated at S. David's College, Lampeter (B.A.), and Exeter College, Oxford (M.A.); whilst he was at Oxford he was a member of ' Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym.' He married, 1888, Mary Noel Griffiths, daughter of capt. Griffiths, Old Bank, Aberaeron; there were six sons and three daughters
ROBERTS, MICHAEL (d. 1679), principal of Jesus College, Oxford make us forget five things about him; he (with one other) acted as corrector of the press to the Welsh Bible of 1630; he wrote an encomium to the Gemma Cambricum of Richard Jones of Llanfair Caereinion, 1655; he wrote the official Latin imprimatur (24 July 1676) to the second edition of Hanes y Ffydd by Charles Edwards; he supplied many notes about Oxford Welshmen to Anthony Wood for his Athenae

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