Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, DAVID (Alawydd; 1820 - 1872), quarryman and musician Born 16 June 1820 at Tal-y-bont, Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, the son of Moses and Ellen Roberts. As the father was a smith at Cae Braich-y-cafn quarry, the family moved to Cae'rberllan, Bethesda, in order to be nearer the quarry. The son was educated at schools in Llandygài, Carneddi, and Llanllechid; later he attended an evening school held at Ty'n-clawdd, Tre-garth. When he was 13 he joined
ROBERTS, EDWARD (1886 - 1975), minister (Bapt.) and college principal . Two sons were born to them, David and John. The death of Mrs Roberts at the age of 42 in 1929 was a bitter blow for the minister and his young family. By then, the family had moved to Newbridge, Gwent, where Edward Roberts had been inducted as minister of Tabernacle Baptist church in 1924. He spent twelve happy years in the church before accepting the post of professor of Christian Doctrine and the
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia second son, John, in January 1839, John Kendrick died. Mary re-married eventually with another local farmer, David Roberts, and his surname was added to the names of her sons. Following the births of Thomas (1842) and Peter (1843), the family emigrated in May 1847 to the USA, settling on a farm some ten miles south-west of the town of Oshkosh in the state of Wisconsin, where Josiah (1849), David (1851
ROBERTS, ELIS (d. 1789), cooper, ballad-writer, and composer of interludes relating to christenings, between 1742 and 1748, of the children of ' Ellis Robert and Ellen his wife' refer to the same persons. The name of his wife from 1765 on is given as Grace. Under the date 1 December 1789 we get the entry ' Ellis Roberts was buried.' In a poem begging for the gift of a small spinning-wheel, 1767 (Cwrtmawr MS 46A) Elis refers to his family, his poverty, and, half penitently, to
ROBERTS, EMMANUEL BERWYN (1869 - 1951), minister (Meth.) Born 31 July 1869 in Y Nant, Rhewl, in the parish of Llantysilio, Llangollen, Denbighshire, one of the eleven children of Morris and Jemima Roberts. The family moved to Carrog, where Emmanuel was an apprentice shoemaker, but his mother died when he was 12 and the impoverished family left for Penygroes, where he and his father found work in Coedmadog, clearing rubble in a clay pit. There, he began
ROBERTS, EVAN (1718 - 1804) Minera, trustee of the Trevecka 'Family,' a lead-miner who joined the family in 1757, and with Evan Moses and James Pritchard, was one of the three trustees appointed by Harris, his special charge being the management of the economic affairs of the community. He died in 1804 (buried 5 June), aged 86. See Richard Bennett in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, vii, 4-10, and M. H. Jones, ibid., ix, 45.
ROBERTS, EVAN (1836 - 1918), watch salesman and 'the greatest horological collector of all' Evan Roberts, the second son of Hugh and Jane Roberts, was born 18 December 1836 on his father's small hill farm, Fotty Bach, Gwyddelwern, Meironnydd. The family was very poor and struggled to make a living there. Young Evan received no formal education, but he was a strong lad and in his teens he went to work as a labourer for neighbouring farmers, one of whom cleaned clocks and watches as a
ROBERTS, EVAN JOHN (Y Diwygiwr, the Revivalist; 1878 - 1951), revivalist preacher , and he died there 29 January 1951. He was buried in the family grave in Moriah, Loughor. A monument to him in front of Moriah chapel was unveiled in 1953. During his early period Evan Roberts composed many poems and hymns, a selection of which is to be found in his biography. A collection of his hymns was published in Aberdare in 1905, and when he lived in Leicester he published a booklet
ROBERTS, GEORGE (1769 - 1853), settler and Independent minister in U.S.A. Richard Williams (1802 - 1842), and the grandmother of the antiquary Richard Williams (1835 - 1906). John Roberts's three sons, and his daughter Maria's son John Griffith (1821 - 1877), all separately noticed, round off the tale of this exceptionally interesting family. George Roberts's autobiography, written at intervals (1827, 1835, 1846, and 1850), begins with a very full account of his family and
ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter . The family settled at Cwm-bach, a stone's throw from Bethel, Blaenau, Schoolroom, a branch of Gosen (CM), Llandybïe. He acknowledges in his writings the chapel's influence upon him and his indebtedness to its ministers, the Reverends W. Nantlais Williams, Philip Evans and Lemuel Lewis. His father died when he was only nine and in 1917, aged thirteen, he started work at Pencae'reithin colliery. The
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (1735 - 1808), physician at Dolgelley, antiquary, and collector of manuscripts Christened 6 September 1735 in the church of Llanfihangel y Pennant, Caernarfonshire, son of Dr. Robert Roberts (1707 - 1769), Isallt, Dolbenmaen; for the family pedigree, see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 359 - it was a branch of the Cesail Gyfarch family, and produced an exceptionally large number (? thirty) of medical men. He practised at Dolgelley, living for some years in what was later known
ROBERTS, GWEN REES (1916 - 2002), missionary and teacher Gwen Rees Roberts was born on 2 March 1916 in Morfa Nefyn, Llŷn, the daughter of Hugh Griffith Roberts (died c.1940) and his wife Gwen Rees Roberts. Her mother died aged 31 within a few days of her birth, and approximately three years later, her father remarried a widow whose daughter, Emily, was eight years older than Gwen. The family was further expanded by the birth of a son, Hugh Wilson

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