Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, JOHN (1872 - 1934), director of education in Glamorganshire He was the son of David James, Baptist minister and his wife Mary, sister of ' Myfyr Emlyn ' (Benjamin Thomas), the poet-preacher. They had four sons and four daughters. His brother was Defynnog. He had a brilliant academic career after having worked for a time in a grocer's shop in the Rhondda valley, Glamorganshire. At 16, as the holder of an open scholarship, he went to University College
JAMES, THOMAS EVAN (Thomas ap Ieuan; 1824 - 1870), Baptist minister, and author Born 17 March 1824 at Pencraig, Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, the son of Evan and Mary James. The family moved to Cardigan when he was about 13 years of age. He worked for a while as a farm labourer at Heol-cwm, Verwick, Cardiganshire. He joined the Baptist denomination, and served the chapel of Groes-goch, Pembrokeshire, as unordained minister, 1851-2. He was ordained, and became minister of
JARMAN, ELDRA MARY (1917 - 2000), harpist and author Eldra Jarman was born on 4 September 1917 in Aberystwyth, daughter of Ernest France Roberts and his wife Edith (née Howard). Both her parents were of Roma descent, her father the grandson of John Roberts (Alaw Elwy) and her mother the daughter of Eldorai Wood, who had dual Irish and Roma heritage. Following an increasing tendency towards integration among the Roma, Eldra's family had settled in
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar David Jenkins was born in Blaenclydach, Rhondda Valley, 29 May 1912, one of the five children of Evan Jenkins and his wife Mary (née James). Like many in the coalmining valleys of Glamorganshire who had emigrated there from rural Wales but retained their connections with their home areas, Evan Jenkins had come to Blaenclydach from Aberaeron, Ceredigion, after spending a few years in London, and
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law Dafydd Jenkins was born in London on St David's Day, 1 March 1911, the son of William Jenkins, a bank clerk who had been born in Bermondsey but who had, and retained, Welsh roots (he was of Cardiganshire stock and was Secretary of the Welsh Jewin Chapel in London) and Elizabeth Jenkins who was born in Aberystwyth. He was christened David, but later adopted the Welsh form Dafydd. His sister, Edith
JENKINS, DAVID CYRIL (1885 - 1978), musician Cyril Jenkins was born in Dunvant, Swansea, on 9 October 1885, the son of John Jenkins, a coal miner, and his wife Mary; the family moved to Cilfynydd when Cyril was a child. His first music teacher was David Lloyd of Tonypandy, but he was educated at the Pontypridd County Grammar School and took lessons in music theory with Harry Evans and organ lessons with W. G. Alcock. While still in his
JENKINS, EVAN (1794 - 1849), cleric and schoolmaster . Their sister Mary married a Calvinistic Methodist, Moses Roderick, and the farm remained in her family until the twentieth century. There are no records of contact between the Anglican brothers who left Wales and their Methodist sister. Evan's father died when he was twelve, as indicated by the short will made on 8 December 1806. As the third son, owning no land of his own, farmer Evan had sunk below
JENKINS, JOHN (GWILI) (1872 - 1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters his sole triumph in a national eisteddfod was the winning of the crown (at Merthyr Tydfil in 1901), which is given for work in free metres. After leaving Oxford he succeeded Watcyn Wyn at Gwynfryn; and in 1910 he married Mary E. Lewis (they had two daughters). In 1914 he was appointed editor of Seren Cymru - he edited it till 1927, and again from 1933 till his death. The war of 1914-19 put an end to
JENKINS, JOHN (1779 - 1853), Baptist minister, theologian, editor, and publisher Born 28 November 1779 in Llangynidr parish, Brecknock, son of Jenkin and Mary Jenkins. The only education he had was a short term at a night-school, and he taught himself to read and write. He began to preach in 1800 and was ordained at Llangynidr, May 1806. In 1809 he was inducted at Hengoed, Glamorganshire, where he remained for the rest of his life, travelling all over Wales on mission, and to
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1886 - 1962), minister (Meth.) and author periodicals. He married Mary Catherine Williams, Dafen, and they had a son and daughter. He died 21 April 1962.
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1859 - 1929), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Tan-y-chwarel, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire. According to the christening register of Cwmystwyth chapel, he was born 2 November 1859, and registered at Lampeter, 3 December 1859. His father was John Jenkins, lead miner, and his mother was Mary (née Howells). In his youth he was apprenticed to John Lloyd, draper, of Pentre, Rhondda, and became a member of Nazareth chapel where he began to
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography spent the greater part of his life; there he reached his full maturity and there the recollection of him is at its sweetest and most fragrant. He died 11 November 1969, his remains being buried in Bangor cemetery. After a national appeal, the R.T. Jenkins memorial lecture was founded in the college in 1972. He married twice: (1) in 1907 to Mary Davies, Aberystwyth (who died in 1946) and (2) in 1947 to

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