Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KYFFIN, MORRIS (c. 1555 - 1598), writer and soldier it is more than likely that he was the son of Tomos Kyffin and his wife, Catrin Lloyd, both of whom belonged to county families living near Oswestry. All that we know about his education is that he studied poetry under William Llŷn and that, later on, in London, 1578-80, he was one of the pupils and friends of the celebrated John Dee. About 1580-2 he was tutor to lord Buckhurst's sons. He wrote a
LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator . His wife was Ellen, daughter of Robert Anwyl, Parc, Llanfrothen, by Catrin, daughter of Sir John Owen, Clenennau, Caernarfonshire. He is known as the translator of Ystyriaethau Drexelius ar Dragwyddoldeb Gwedi eu cyfieithu yn gyntafyn Saeson-aeg gan Dr. R. Winterton, ac yr awrhon yn Gymraeg gan Ellis Lewis o'r Llwyn-gwernyn Sir Feirion, Wr-bonheddig (Oxford, 1661).
LLOYD, JOHN (1885 - 1964), schoolmaster, author and local historian Born 11 July 1885 in Ty Gwyn y Gamlas, Ynys, Talsarnau, Merionethshire, the seventh child of Evan Lloyd, farmer, and his wife Catrin (née Jones). He was educated at the board school Talsarnau; the intermediate school Barmouth; the grammar school Wigan (for a year only) and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (B.A., 1906 with second-class honours in Welsh; M.A., 1911). He was a teacher at
MORGAN, ELENA PUW (1900 - 1973), novelist, author of fiction and short stories for children prevented her from going on to university, a fact she regretted and which may have contributed to her relative lack of confidence in her own literary abilities. In 1931 she married John Morgan, a local tailor and outfitter, who also had strong literary and political interests. They had a daughter, Catrin, born in 1933. Their household in Annedd Wen, Corwen, was a centre of cultural activity and they had
PARRY, SARAH WINIFRED (1870 - 1953), writer, and editor of Cymru'r Plant from 1908 to 1912 . Her three books, Sioned, 1906, Cerrig y rhyd, 1907, and Y ddau hogyn rheiny, 1928, were mainly selections from her contributions to periodicals. She published one serial in Y Cymro in 1896, 'Catrin Prisiard', which did not appear later as a book. For a time in 1895-96 she corresponded with John Glyn Davies mainly on literary matters. He used to visit her on his trips from Liverpool to Llyn; she
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist Golden Cockerel Press and he was commissioned to illustrate Gwyn Jones' novel The Green Island in 1945, and he returned to Wales at the end of 1946 to re-establish the Caseg Press. He had met Marjory (Kusha) Miller (1921-2003), an artist and writer, in 1944, and they married in March 1947. They had 2 sons and a daughter, David (born c. 1947), Catrin (born 1950) and Michael (born 1957). They divorced in
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy ) 'Marwnad William Phylip Hendre fechan.' WILLIAM PHYLIP (1579/80? - 1669/70) The son of Phylip ap Siôn ap Thomas ap Robert of Hendre Fechan, in the parish of Llanddwywe, Meironnydd, who died 25 February 1625/6, and was buried at Llanddwywe. William's mother, Catrin, died in 1651, and was also buried at Llanddwywe. His wife, Ann, died in 1653, and his daughter Elizabeth, about the same time. Wife and
POWELL, WILLIAM (Gwilym Pennant; 1830 - 1902), poet Born August 1830 at Tai Duon, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, son of Ellis and Catrin Powell. Until 17 April 1852, when he went to London, he was employed in the slate quarries at Llanberis. He wrote all kinds of poetry and his works were published in Y Faner, Yr Herald, and other periodicals. In London he was employed as a stonecutter and polisher. He was a keen competitor at eisteddfodau and among
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet Gruffydd Robert was a native of Caernarfonshire. The date of his birth is not known, but documents preserved in Milan show him to have been born circa 1527 to one Robert and to domina Catherina de Griffis: Catrin ferch Gruffudd, a woman of gentry stock. The intriguing possibility is that these individuals may have been the poet Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel and her then partner, Sir Robert ap
ROBERTS, DAVID (Telynor Mawddwy; 1875 - 1956), harpist, singer and author of handbooks on penillion singing Born 1 August 1875 at Llannerch, Llanymawddwy, Merionethshire, the eldest of the seven children of Robert Roberts and Catrin (née Pughe). He was descended from highly cultured and musical families on both sides - his father descended from the versatile family of Bwlch Coediog, Mallwyd. When he was six years old he contracted measles, and became blind for the rest of his life. His musical talent
ROBERTS, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1866 - 1930), Baptist minister, and writer Born 13 December 1866, at Tyddyn Llidiart, Dyffryn Ardudwy, younger son of Morris and Catrin Roberts; the father, a 'character,' was a Calvinistic Methodist, but the mother (née Evans, of a family hailing from Llanystumdwy - and a descendant of the Lloyd of Cwmbychan in Ardudwy, for whom see under John Lloyd, 1733 - 1793) was a Sandemanian Baptist, and brought up her two sons in that connexion
ROWLANDS, EDWARD DAVID (1880 - 1969), schoolmaster and author Born 25 November 1880 at Ty'n-y-fron, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire, son of Ellis Rowlands and his wife Catrin (née Edwards). He was educated at the board school, Llanuwchllyn, the grammar school, Bala, and the Normal College, Bangor (1899-1901). He began his teaching career at Troed-yr-Allt school, Pwllheli (1901-08) and afterwards became headmaster of the elementary schools in Chwilog (1908-27

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