Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS (Canrhawdfardd; 1823 - 1904), preacher, printer, and musician Born 2 July 1823 at Bwlch-y-creigiau, near Nannerch, Flintshire, the son of John and Mary Jones. He learned to read music when quite young; when only 16 he led the singing in the local Wesleyan chapel. He also started to hold music classes in the districts surrounding his home. In 1849 he began to preach with the Wesleyans; in 1851 he moved to a place near Holywell and, from there, to Lixwm. In
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
JONES, THOMAS (c. 1622 - 1682), Protestant controversialist
JONES, THOMAS, vicar - see JONES, JOHN
JONES, THOMAS, early Welsh Moravian - see JONES, JOHN
JONES, Sir THOMAS ARTEMUS (1871 - 1943), journalist, judge and historian Born 18 February 1871 at 22, Lôn Abram, Denbigh, the sixth son of Thomas Jones, stonemason. At 11 years of age, he left the National School to work at the station bookstall, and while there, he taught himself shorthand. In 1886 he was appointed junior reporter on the Denbighshire Free Press, for which he reported the Tithe War. He left Denbigh in 1889 to work on newspapers in Herefordshire, East
JONES, THOMAS GRIFFITHS (Cyffin; 1834 - 1884), antiquary son of David and Elizabeth Jones; was born at Llansantffraid, Montgomeryshire, 12 January 1834. His father, a shopkeeper, died when he was 14 and he carried on the business until his own death, 10 September 1884. Since he had received very little schooling, owing to ill-health, he undertook to educate himself by extensive reading and writing. He took great delight in collecting books and
JONES, THOMAS GRUFFYDD (Tafalaw Bencerdd; 1832 - 1898), musician went to Kenfig Hill, and thence to Cwmavon. In 1860 he visited North Wales and stayed on as private secretary to Thomas Gee. He left Denbigh in 1863 for Aberdare, where he set up a printing office at which he could produce Y Gwyddonydd Cerddorol. His ' Gwarchae Harlech,' a cantata, was performed by ' Côr Caradog ' (see Jones, Griffith Rhys) in 1865. He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1866, was ordained
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar Born in Gwyndy Uchaf, Betws yn Rhos, Denbighshire, 10 October 1871, eldest child of Isaac and Jane Jones. His father was a farmer and also a lay-preacher with the Calv. Methodists and a poet. The son began to add Gwynn (from Gwyndy) to his simple baptismal name Thomas about 1890 when, among other pen-names, he used Gwyn(n)vre ap Iwan (or ap Isaac). Apart from elementary education in Llanelian
JONES, THOMAS HENRY (1921 - 1965), lecturer and poet Born 21 December 1921 at Cwm Crogau, Llanafan Fawr, Brecknockshire, eldest of the five children of Llywelyn Jones, a foreman roadman and Ruth (née Teideman) his wife. He attended Llanafan school five miles away, and Builth county school. In 1939 he went to U.C.W., Aberystwyth but joined the Royal Navy in 1941 and resumed his studies in 1946 to graduate with first-class honours in English in 1947
JONES, THOMAS HUGHES (1895 - 1966), poet, writer and teacher Dolebolion, farmed by John Rowlands, a cultured man - a local poet and a master of cynghanedd. Rowlands was the reputed father of Thomas Huws Davies. The young Thomas Hughes Jones learned much in Rowlands's entertaining company. On Sundays, Jones went to his maternal grandparents and attended the services and Sunday school at Blaenafon Calvinistic Methodist chapel where he blossomed as a child with a ready
JONES, THOMAS IEUAN JEFFREYS - see JEFFREYS-JONES, THOMAS IEUAN

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