Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, DANIEL JENKINS (1874 - 1952), minister (MC\/Presb.) and official historian of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church of America Born Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, USA, 22 December 1874, the son of Robert H. Williams (born near Gwalchmai, Anglesey, 1844), and Jane Mary (née Jenkins; born Wisconsin, daughter of Welsh immigrants). Education: A.B. (U. Wis.), 1899; M.A. (U.Wis.), 1900; B.D. (Union Theol. Sem.), 1903; Ph.D. (Ohio State University), 1914; D.D. (Carroll Col., Wis.), 1918; student of Celtic Literature, Oxford, 1904-05
WILLIAMS, HUGH (1796 - 1874), solicitor and political agitator ninety-nine-year lease. On frequent occasions Hugh Williams sought to break the lease, and, against the wishes of his wife, unsuccessfully brought an ejectment action against the lessee at the Carmarthen spring assizes of 1842. Eventually he obtained possession of the property, and when an illegitimate child of his, Eleanor Margaret Anne (born 16 November 1847, the daughter of Mary Jenkins), was
WILLIAMS, JOHN (RUFUS) (Rufus; 1833 - 1877), Baptist minister and author 1859 he was ordained minister of the English church at Dowlais, where he also kept a school for ministerial candidates, and on 6 January 1861 he moved to the Welsh church at Nebo, Ystradyfodwg, where he remained till his death 12 February 1877. He married (1) 1866, Mary Davies, daughter of Thomas Davies, Ynys y Maerdy, near Llantrisant, who died within a little over two years; (2) N. Jenkins, a
WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES (1869 - 1954), minister (Congl.) and poet giving birth to a son who died within a year and five months. He married (2), 1903, Abigail Jenkins of Pontlotyn, sister to the mother of Sir Daniel Thomas Davies. She died 24 June 1936 when he was in Bangor passing the chairmanship of the Union to John Dyfnallt Owen. He died 6 May 1954.
WILLIAMS, JOHN JOHN (1884 - 1950), school-teacher, education administrator, producer and drama adjudicator , Lord Howard de Walden, when the translation by J. Glyn Davies and D.E. Jenkins of Yr Ymhonwyr (Ibsen) was performed with Theodore Komisarjevsky, a former administrative director and producer of the Opera Theatre and Moscow Ballet, producing. He adjudicated a number of times in the national eisteddfod, and wrote critical articles, mainly on educational subjects, to newspapers of the day. He discussed
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE (Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician Maria Jane Williams was born at Aberpergwm in the Neath Valley, Glamorgan, on 4 October 1795, the fifth and youngest child of Rees Williams of Aberpergwm (1755-1812) and his wife Ann (née Jenkins, 1759-1834) of Ystradfellte. The Williams family of Aberpergwm claimed descent from Iestyn ab Gwrgant and the poet Dafydd Nicolas had a home with them in the second half of the eighteenth century. The
WILLIAMS, PETER (1723 - 1796), Methodist cleric, author, and Biblical commentator , Llangrannog, and Llandysilio Gogo, but his Methodism got him into trouble in his parishes and the bishop refused to make him a priest. He joined the Methodists in 1747 and began to tour the country, preaching. In 1748 he married Mary Jenkins of Llanlluan and, before long, settled at Gelli Lednais, Llandyfaelog, where he died 8 August 1796. Eliezer and Peter Bailey Williams were his sons. Peter Williams was
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR (Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet and perpetual curate of Waun Fawr. He remained there till his death, 16 April 1926, and was buried at Betws Garmon. He married Margaret, daughter of the Rev. John Jenkins, Llan-ym-Mawddwy, and had one daughter. Berw often competed in eisteddfodau, and in 1887 he won the chair at the London national eisteddfod for an awdl on queen Victoria. He was a skilful writer in cynghanedd and possessed no
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet a youth. When he was about 27 years of age he went to London where, however, he only stayed some six months. On his return he was employed by Rhys, son of Hywel Rhys, and it may be inferred that it was the teaching which he was given by, his master which enabled him to write, in co-operation with John Jenkins (1779 - 1853) of Hengoed, the first version of Y Parthsyllydd, 1815-6. Ioan Emlyn in his
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY (1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist Society of Friends, the 'Quakers', from whom he received great practical support. His political affiliations also evolved; in the 1920s he was a staunch supporter of his friend Willie Jenkins, a pacifist and Labour parliamentary candidate in Pembrokeshire. Later, due in part to the influence of D. J. Williams, Fishguard, he joined Plaid Cymru, and stood as a parliamentary candidate in Pembrokeshire at
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM LLEWELYN (1867 - 1922), Member of Parliament, lawyer, and author and irretrievably with Lloyd George. When he sought election for Cardiganshire in 1921, he was opposed by an official candidate, and was defeated in a very hotly contested election. He died 22 April 1922, leaving a widow, Elinor (Jenkins of Glan Sawdde).
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer attended the local school until he was twelve and then worked in a grocer's shop. On his fourteenth birthday he began work underground in the Albion colliery, where he remained until he was 25. When he was twenty one of his sisters bought him a piano, and he began to take an interest in music and took lessons from T. Llewellyn Jenkins. In 1925 he won a Glamorgan Scholarship which enabled him to study

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