Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, EDWARD (1761 - 1836), poet, farmer, and schoolmaster Born at Tan-y-Waen, Prion, Llanrhaeadr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, 19 March 1761, son of John Jones, farmer, and his wife, Ann, daughter of William Williams, Rhyd-y-Cilgwyn. When he was about a year old the family moved to Bryn-y-gwynt-isaf in the same parish. The father died when Edward was about 10 years old. He had little formal education, and that from Daniel Lloyd, Independent minister at
JONES, EDWARD (1834 - 1900), medical practitioner and local government leader at Dolgellau. He also supported the English Calvinistic Methodist cause founded in 1878. Jones died on 5 February 1900, leaving a widow and seven children - six sons and one daughter. Two of his sons, Hugh and John, also served as doctors in Dolgellau.
JONES, EDWARD (1749 - 1779), musician Born in 1749 at Dolydd-byrion, near CricciethCriccieth, Caernarfonshire. He wrote several anthems and hymn-tunes which he left in manuscript. His anthem, ' Arglwydd, chwiliaist ac adnabuost fi,' became very popular; this was arranged by William Owen, Tremadoc, and afterwards by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), the latter's arrangement appearing in Y Cerddor Cymreig, nos. 107 and 108 (see also a
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher 'Hannah Hallelujah'. But Elen could turn her hand to any genre, and in 1983 she played the part of Lady Grey in the film Owain Glyndwr on S4C. She also starred in English series, including District Nurse, with the actress Nerys Hughes. Nerys was very generous in her praise towards Elen, noting her professionalism instantly, and the fact that she never forgot her lines. She was described by John Hefin
JONES, ELIZABETH JANE LOUIS (1889 - 1952), scholar Born 28 April 1889 at Llanilar, Cardiganshire, only child of John Lloyd, timber merchant, and his wife Elizabeth (née Edwards). She received her early education at the County School, Aberystwyth and proceeded to the University College, Aberystwyth where she graduated in 1911 with first class honours in Welsh. She was awarded a Fellowship by the University and continued to study for a further
JONES, ELIZABETH MARY (Moelona; 1877 - 1953), teacher and novelist Born 21 June 1877, in Moylon, Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire, the youngest of the 13 children of John Owen (a carrier who took farm produce by horse and cart to the industrial centres of south Wales before taking the tenancy of the farm, Moylon) and Mary, daughter of Abraham Jones (who was also a carrier). One of the children died young while the parents were in the cemetery at the burial of two others
JONES, EMRYS (1920 - 2006), geographer Emrys's philosophy of geography and it was while at Belfast (1950-58) that he more fully developed the two themes which were to dominate his subsequent career. The first was subsequently epitomised in a book published, jointly with John Eyles, in 1977 and entitled An Introduction to Social Geography. This laid down the firm conviction of the fundamental need for the understanding of social processes in
JONES, EVAN (1790 - 1860), the last of the Usk japanners was descended from the Allgood family. He bought the japannery from John Pyrke in 1826, but after the death of John Hughes (1784 - 1851), and of his artist Morgan Davies (1770 - 1837), he paid comparatively little attention to this business, and became increasingly absorbed in his farm, his ironmongery shop, his brickworks, and his gasworks, not to mention his participation in public life - he
JONES, EVAN (Ieuan Gwynedd; 1820 - 1852), Independent minister, and journalist 1845, when his course was finished, he was ordained minister of Saron Independent chapel, Tredegar. He married Catherine, third daughter of John Sankey of Rorrington Hall, Marton, at Marton on 11 November 1845. The only child of the marriage died in infancy, and the mother also died, 25 April 1847. Towards the end of 1847 he gave up his ministry at Tredegar owing to ill-health and, about the same
JONES, EVAN (1777 - 1819), Baptist minister , in 1797, in the attack on ' Siôn Singer ' (John Williams, died 1807). He was to have been pastor at Pen-y-bont, but he had objections to 'the imposition of hands,' and accordingly preferred to accept a call (5 November 1800) from the newly-founded church of Bethania at Cardigan, where he also kept school. In the meantime, the 1799 schism among the Welsh Baptists had broken out, and Jones entered
JONES, EVAN (1836 - 1915), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and publicist Born 27 October 1836, at Esgair Goch, Pennal, Meironnydd, son of John Jones of Maestirau, Darowen, and his wife, Catherine Jervis, of Llanbryn-mair; his maternal grandmother was a sister to Abraham Wood, a preacher in lady Huntingdon's connexion. His early education was soon over, and in 1849 he was apprenticed to Adam Evans, a Machynlleth printer. He subsequently worked as a printer at Bethesda
JONES, EVAN (PAN) (1834 - 1922), Independent minister outspoken championship of temperance made him unpopular and he moved to Blaina, Monmouth, where, within a year, he began to preach in Berea chapel. In 1857 he was admitted to the Bala Independent College, and in 1860, on the advice of Ioan Pedr (John Peter), went on a visit to Germany. In 1862 he was admitted to the Presbyterian College at Carmarthen; but, at the end of his course there, as he did not

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