Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, DAVID RICHARD (1832 - 1916), poet D.R. Jones to be a good poet. Before this the author had published Hanes Bywyd yr 'Hen Sion Llwyd' (Cambria, Wisconsin, 1897), whilst ' Rhiangerdd Mona'r Gelli,' (which had taken the prize at an eisteddfod in Cambria) appeared in Y Drych, 30 July and 6 August 1903, and a poem ' Yr Ysgrwd yn y Gilgell ' in the same newspaper on 24 July 1902.
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, GLADYS MAY (1899 - 1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio ', ' Merry-go-round ' and ' Silver Chords '. Much of the music included in these series were her own compositions and these broadcasts provided an opening for several artists who became prominent figures in English light entertainment. She wrote the music for the radio performance of Twm Sion Cati, the first Welsh pantomime ever broadcast on radio. She was an inspired radio personality. She tried to base
JONES, JOHN (Myllin; 1800 - 1826), poet He was born at y Glyniau, near Llanfyllin. He learnt the trade of a shoemaker and worked for a time in Liverpool. His literary efforts were encouraged by the Rev. David Richards, Llansilin, and he was friendly with Gwallter Mechain, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, and others. In an eisteddfod held at Welshpool in 1824 he won the prize for his englynion ' Beddargraph Die Sion Dafydd.' Examples of his work
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts John Jones leaves his readers in no doubt as to his ancestry, for many of the surviving manuscripts contain such an entry as this: ' Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Dafydd ab Ithel Vychan ap Kynrig ap Rrotbert ap Ierwerth ap Rryrid ap Ierwerth ap Madog ab Ednowain Bendew …' (Peniarth MS 224), with, often, such an ending to the pedigree as 'Yr hwnn Siôn ap Wiliam a elwir yn ol y
JONES, JOHN (1807 - 1875), printer Born 13 August 1807, at Tyddyn Siôn, Aber-erch, Caernarfonshire, son of Ellis and Catherine Jones. For a while he had a printing establishment in London, and it was here that the Welsh monthly called Y Cymro was printed, 1830-1. Returning to Wales, he joined the staff of the Carnarvon Herald, and spent the greater part of his life in Caernarvon serving that newspaper. He died 20 December 1875.
JONES, JOHN TYWI (1870 - 1948), Baptist minister and journalist wrote a number of plays, some of which deal with the language and Welshness, e.g. Dic Sion Dafydd (1913), and stories for children and adults, together with some theological works, e.g. Y Bedydd Ysgrythurol (1900). He published numerous essays in Seren Gomer and hymns in Llawlyfr Moliant. He married twice: (1) Ellen, daughter of Herbert Davies, a tailor of Aberdare; she died in 1915; and (2) Elizabeth
JONES, ROBERT ISAAC (Alltud Eifion; 1813 - 1905), pharmacist, littérateur and printer beginning of 1859 it became a monthly magazine; Daniel Silvan Evans was co-editor till 1860, but owing to lack of support publication ceased in 1863. He was a keen eisteddfodwr, and wrote a good deal of verse, but did not excel. He published and edited Gwaith Barddonol Sion Wyn o Eifion, 1861; Cyff Beuno (Eben Fardd), 1863; Cell Meudwy (Ellis Owen), 1877; John Ystumllyn, 1888; Yr Emynydd Cristionogol
JONES, WILLIAM (Bleddyn; 1829? - 1903), antiquary, local historian, geologist, and collector of folk-lore , at the Caernarvon national eisteddfod in 1862, which won much praise, was published in Y Brython, 1862, 75-93, and reprinted under the title of Llawlyfr ar Ddaiareg Sir Gaernarfon, 1863. He collected much of the materials of his uncle John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion, 1786 - 1859), which were published in Gwaith Barddonol Sion Wyn o Eifion, 1861. Autograph letters from him, essays by him on folk-lore
JONES, WILLIAM ELLIS (Cawrdaf; 1795 - 1848), poet and man of letters Born 9 October 1795, at Tyddyn Siôn, Abererch, Caernarfonshire. Having received his education at a local school and from his father, Ellis Jones, who was himself a schoolmaster, he was in 1808 apprenticed as a printer with his cousin, Richard Jones (1787 - 1855). On completing his apprenticeship he was engaged by another cousin of his, Lewis Evan Jones, at Caernarvon. There he came to know Dafydd
KADWALADR, SION (fl. 1750-1765), writer of ballads and interludes Born, according to Ioan Pedr in NLW MS 2629C, in Llanycil parish, Meironnydd. In his interlude, 'Gaulove,' Siôn describes himself as 'a sad creature, without brother or sister, stubborn, and always poor'; and a ballad of his (Bibliog. of Welsh Ballads no. 73), together with his interlude 'Einion' and a marwnad (NLW MS 2629C), testifies that he was transported for seven years to America - for
LEWIS family Llwyn-du, Llangelynnin is perhaps better known as a poet. One of his poems was included in Blodeugerdd Cymry (284-5), and Cantref Meirionydd prints (232-4) a set of englynion addressed by him to the poet Siôn Dafydd Las of Nannau (John Davies, died 1694) in rebuke of the bard's irregular life; see also NLW MS 559B, Cwrtmawr MS 128A, and Swansea MS. 2. None the less, he too was a Quaker. In view of the custom (see the

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