Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, THOMAS (Telynog; 1840 - 1865), poet Born 8 September 1840 at Cardigan, son of Thomas Evans, boatmaker of that town. At the age of eleven he went to sea in a coastal vessel but, not liking this life, he ran away to Aberdare, where he worked as a miner in Cwm-bach. At an early age he started writing poetry, gaining his first success with a pryddest entitled 'Gostyngeidd-rwydd' in an eisteddfod held under the auspices of the Baptist
EVANS, THOMAS (1897 - 1963), alderman, education and hospital administrator Born in Twyn Carno, Rhymney, Glamorganshire, 9 September 1897, son of William Evans, miner, and Catherine, his wife; his father came originally from Hirwaun, Aberdare, though his roots were in Cardiganshire. Thomas was educated at elementary schools in Rhymney, but left at the age of 12 to work in a brickworks at Rhymney. He afterwards became a miner and worked for 14 years underground at the
EVANS, THOMAS (1714? - 1779), Independent minister -ardd in Cynllwyd (where Howel Harris stayed on his first visit to Llanuwchllyn, in 1740), married a sister of Thomas Owen of Tal-ardd, and kept a good school there. The chapel at Rhos-y-fedwen (the first in Merioneth) was built in 1745-6. In 1756 or 1757, Evans removed to Denbigh; the records of his period there are very defective, but he was certainly there in 1762 (Jeremy's list of ministers, NLW
EVANS, THOMAS (1844 - 1922), Congregational minister
EVANS, THOMAS (1791 - 1853), naval officer - see EVANS, JOHN
EVANS, THOMAS (1716 - 1774), cleric - see EVANS, LEWIS
EVANS, THOMAS (1742 - 1784), bookseller - see EVANS, THOMAS
EVANS, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER (Cadrawd; 1846 - 1918), antiquary and folk-lorist Born 28 December 1846 (christened 'Thomas,' simply), son of Thomas Evans, parish clerk of Llan-gynwyd, Glamorganshire, and his wife Jane. The father (died 30 December 1877, aged seventy-five) was an Anglican, but the mother a Methodist; the home welcomed Methodist preachers - see the descriptions of it by Edward Matthews of Ewenny, in Y Cylchgrawn, particularly in the number for February 1878
EVANS, THOMAS HOPKIN (1879 - 1940), musician
EVANS, THOMAS JOHN (1863 - 1932), journalist was the friend and supporter of the brilliant young men of his generation - Tom Ellis, David Lloyd George, William Llewelyn Williams, and Ellis Jones Griffith. A notable collector of Welsh books and books pertaining to Wales, he was also an authority on the history of Welsh societies and settlements in London. He was a member of the council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. A genial and
EVANS, THOMAS JOHN (1894 - 1965), local government officer and an administrator within the Baptist denomination , 813-14, 817). His part in presenting to the National Library the diaries of two former ministers, Hugh William Jones, ('Yr Utgorn Arian') and Evan Ungoed Thomas (NLW MS 1896-7E, NLW MS 1898D, NLW MS 1899C, NLW Minor Deposits 791-816, 827-866) was consistent with his efforts to preserve the sources of the history of Tabernacl church. He published the fruits of his own research many times in the
EVANS, THOMAS MORGAN (1838 - 1892), schoolmaster - see EVANS, DAVID

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