Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CURIG (fl. 550?), saint The patron of Llangurig, a very large parish in the south of Arwystli; possibly, also, of Eglwys-Fair-a-Churig in Carmarthenshire and Capel Curig in Caernarfonshire. He was known as Curig Lwyd (the Blessed) and Curig Farchog (the Knight); in the late ' Buchedd Curic ' he is brought into association with Maelgwn Gwynedd. In the time of Giraldus Cambrensis, his pastoral staff, richly decorated with
JONES, GRIFFITH HUGH (Gutyn Arfon; 1849 - 1919), musician , Aberystwyth; he moved in 1869 to become headmaster of the primary school, Rhiwddolion, Betws-y-coed. He formed music classes at Capel Curig, Betws-y-coed, Penmachno, Ysbyty Ifan, Capel Garmon, and Dolwyddelan; he also formed a musical society at Betws-y-coed and led a band. He arranged operettas for school children, many performances taking place in the Conway valley. He was regarded as a good adjudicator
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1760 - 1826), cleric and schoolmaster Capel Curig. On 25 August 1802, he was appointed rector of Llanbedr-y-Cennin and Caerhun. He was succeeded at Llanrwst school by Edward Davies in 1812. He died in 1826, aged 66, according to his tombstone, and was buried 9 October at Llanbedr-y-Cennin. John Williams is included in this Dictionary because of his interest in Welsh literature and records, and particularly because he was the means of
GRIFFITH, DAVID (1841 - 1910), schoolmaster, cleric, and diarist he was born at Bontnewydd, near Caernarvon, became pupil teacher at the national school there and, in 1860, entered the North Wales Training College, Caernarvon. He left without a certificate, but through the kindness of dean J. H. Cotton, he was placed in charge of the school at Capel Curig (1861-75); his diaries, fifty-two in number, and usually long books in ledger form, are particularly full
JONES, JOHN (1796 - 1857), Calvinistic Methodist minister, a celebrated and unusually forceful preacher Born 1 March 1796 at Tan-y-castell, Dolwyddelan, Caernarfonshire, son of John and Elen Jones, and brother of David Jones of Treborth (1805 - 1868). He lost his father when he was 12 years of age. He worked, first of all, on the new main road between Capel Curig and lake Ogwen and then in a quarry at Trefriw. Under the influence of the Beddgelert revival (1819) he joined the congregation at
JONES, ROBERT (1745 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and author Born 13 January 1745, son of John and Margaret Williams of Suntur, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. He was taught to read by his mother, and he attended one of Griffith Jones's circulating schools, kept by Thomas Gough. Robert Jones succeeded in persuading Bridget Bevan to reopen the circulating schools in North Wales, and he himself was a teacher at Llangybi (1766), Beddgelert (1767), Capel Curig
NICHOLAS, WILLIAM RHYS (1914 - 1996), minister and hymnwriter graduated in Welsh in 1941 and served as Student President. He then returned to Carmarthen to take a degree in theology. He was ordained a minister on 7 November 1945 at Llwyn-yr-hwrdd and was appointed assistant to the General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents, E. Curig Davies. While there he served as secretary to the committee preparing the new edition of Y Caniedydd, the hymnal of the Welsh
PENNANT family Penrhyn, Llandygâi great achievements to his credit; he completely reorganized the working arrangements at the quarry of Cae-braich-y-cafn; took a lease from bishop Warren upon the Pen-y-bryn foreshore and built the quay; developed the trade in writing-slates, rearing sawmills at Coed-y-parc and Nant Gwreiddiog; was foremost in the movement to build a new road from Bangor to Capel Curig; all this besides keeping a very
JONES, ALWYN RICE (1934 - 2007), Archbishop of Wales Alwyn Rice Jones was born on 25 March 1934 in Capel Curig, Caernarfonshire, the only child of John Griffith Jones, a slate quarryman, and his wife Annie. Both his parents died young, and he was orphaned at the age of fourteen. He grew up in a Welsh-speaking community and Welsh remained his first language. Jones attended Llanrwst Grammar School and then won a scholarship to read Welsh at St
LEWIS, DAVID JOHN (Lewis Tymbl; 1879 - 1947), Congl. minister, popular preacher and lecturer the Union of Welsh Independents for 1945-46 and he delivered his address, 'Bwrw'r draul,' at Ebenezer, Swansea in June 1945. This was published in Ieuan Davies ' biography of ' Lewis Tymbl ' and one of his sermons in Llef y Gwyliedydd (ed. E. Curig Davies, 1927). However, his lively personality could not be conveyed on paper. He never married and he spent forty years in two lodgings in Tumble. He
JONES, IEUAN SAMUEL (1918 - 2004), minister (Cong.) Rev. E. Curig Davies and Mr. Brinley Richards at Tŷ John Penri will not be forgotten. He spent the last nine years of his life at Aberystwyth, and it was there at Bronglais Hospital that he died on 23 October 2004.
PETTS, RONALD JOHN (1914 - 1991), artist , bookplates and prints of local scenes and figures, and creating illustrations for literary magazines. In 1939 they were asked to create engravings to illustrate the Welsh Review, and were soon contributing prints, short stories and articles for the publication. Petts began to receive regular commissions from the Reverend E. Curig Davies (1895-1981) to illustrate Gwybod, a general knowledge magazine, and

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