Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, DAVID (1880 - 1967), educationalist, author and pioneer of the Labour Party in north Wales byw (1968). Some of his papers are kept at the National Library of Wales. He married 26 July 1919, Elizabeth Ann Williams, New Broughton (died 1955 after a very long illness) and they had a son and a daughter. He died at the home of his daughter, the widow of Herman Jones, at 2 Pen-y-bryn, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire on 27 June 1967.
THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS (1914 - 1953), poet and prose writer father of Llewelyn Edouard (1939-2000) and Aeronwy Bryn (1943-2009), his hope was to earn a living at home in Wales. The wartime work for film and radio had helped in that respect, but had also meant his living within easy reach of London. Between 1946 and 1949, the family lived in or near Oxford, with visits to Ireland, Italy and Prague. But wherever he was, Thomas never stopped working on poems
THOMAS, EVAN ROBERT (1891 - 1964), joiner and leader of the Welsh in Australia Exile' (Wales and the World) in 1960 and a vice-president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in 1957. He married, 7 August 1915, Gwladys B. Davies, Maryborough. They had five children and lived in Ael-y-bryn, 77 Murray Street, Caulfield, Victoria. He died 6 September 1964 and his funeral service was held in the Welsh chapel, Latrobe Street. He was buried in the new Cheltenham cemetery.
THOMAS, HUGH OWEN (1834 - 1891), orthopaedic surgeon in treating chronic bone disease, whereby many a limb escaped amputation. He married Jane Owen of Tyn-llan, Bodedern, Anglesey, sister of Dr. Owen Roberts, S. Asaph, who later received all their five sons in turn as apprentices before they proceeded to medical schools at which they qualified. Thomas retired in 1863 to Bryn Eglwys, Llanfwrog, Anglesey, where he died in 1884. Ebenezer Thomas (Eben
THOMAS, RACHEL (1905 - 1995), actress , Gillian Elisa Thomas, Lisabeth Miles, and many more, she succeeded in planting the production firmly in the hearts of the people of Wales and made it the BBC's longest-running soap opera. By introducing the character Bella Davies to the nation she gave pleasure to thousands who delighted in the bickering and sulking which went on between her and the other residents of Bryn Awelon Old People's Home. Her
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1720 - 1768) Maes-isaf, Pencarreg, Baptist minister and author death, 12 November 1768. He was buried in the parish church of Pencarreg. He married (1), 1743, a native of Llan-llwnni, who died within a year, and who bore him a daughter, who married Rees Saunders, Bryn, Llanllwnni, uncle of David Saunders 'II', Merthyr; (2) 1753, a daughter of William's of Trebŵl, and grand-daughter of the family of Maes-isaf, whither he went to live. Five children were born of
TRUBSHAW, Dame GWENDOLINE JOYCE (1887 - 1954), public administrator and social worker; baptised 1 April 1887, daughter of Ernest and Lucy Trubshaw, Ael-y-bryn, Felin-foel, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. During World War I she was responsible for the recruitment of women for war service and took a deep interest in their welfare, particularly those working in armament factories. She was chairman of South-West Wales War Pensions Committee and received a C.B.E. in 1920 for her services as
VAUGHAN family Pant Glas, younger son of Robert ap Rhys; in his will (1534), Robert ap Rhys left his Dol-gynwal lands to ' Thomas Vichan ap Robert ap Rice.' This Thomas Vaughan was twice married, and the following line is descended from his second marriage, with Catherine Conway of Bryn Euryn, whose will was proved in 1588; as William Llyn (died 1580) wrote an elegy on him, he too must have died before 1580. His heir was THOMAS
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823 - 1913), naturalist and social reformer length remembered extracts from the Welsh Bible. He indicated his support for Welsh Home Rule and favoured the teaching of scientific topics through the medium of Welsh. A few weeks before his death, his physical weakness prompted him to write to the family at Bryn Coch, Neath (the farm where he had lodged sixty years previously), requesting samples of 'sucan blawd' and 'bara maen' in the hope that
WALTERS, DAVID (EUROF; 1874 - 1942), minister (Congl.) and writer ensured that she took him to all the meetings held at that church. Another strong influence on him was his uncle Job Richards, ' Eilab ', who had been a schoolmaster at the Llanelli copper works school and at Pontfathew (Bryn-crug today) near Tywyn, Meironnydd, before embarking on a course at Bodiwan College, Bala, under the tuition of Michael Daniel Jones and John Peter, and becoming the first minister
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar 1925. In 1933, they moved to Bryntaf, Gwaelod-y-garth, and in her will Mrs Williams left this house to Plaid Cymru. Additionally, in 1968 she presented a substantial sum of money to the National Union of Teachers of Wales in order to establish a trust to help disadvantaged children who were Welsh-speaking. The Charity Commission approved the objectives and over the years the ' Bryn Taf Trust ' has
WILLIAMS, HUGH (Cadfan; 1807? - 1870), printer and journalist Born at Bryn-crug, near Towyn, Merionethshire. He served his apprenticeship with Richard Jones, the Dolgelley printer. He became known as a writer of ability and a staunch advocate and defender of the Church, and in January 1848, he started to edit and print a Church paper called Y Cymro, published at first in Bangor. In July 1849, he handed over the proprietorship to a Mr. Shone, but continued

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