Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, THOMAS (Caerfallwch; 1779? - 1858), lexicographer accounts of some of the princes. For this service he was awarded £1,000 by the firm. He died in London, 4 July 1858, and was buried in Highgate cemetery. All his life he was interested in the Welsh language and in music. He contributed many articles to such periodicals as Y Gwyliedydd, Seren Gomer, and Cymro Llundain under the pseudonyms T. ap Edwart ap Eurgain, Zabulonun, and Caerfallwch. Y Gwyliedydd
HUGHES, MARGARET (Leila Megáne; 1891 - 1960), singer Anglesey eisteddfod at Beaumaris in 1910 she entered a competition for the first time and won first prize for singing ' Gwraig y pysgotwr ' (Eurgain), with Thomas Price (1857 - 1925) and T. Osborne Roberts adjudicating. Also that year (against more than 50 competitors) she won the open contralto solo in the national eisteddfod at Colwyn Bay, and was highly praised by the adjudicator, David Evans (1874
JONES, IORWERTH (1913 - 1992), minister, author and editor August 15 1940 he married Nesta Roberts from Llandegái, Bangor, a nurse by profession, whose roots were in Anglesey, her father from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, her mother from Llangoed. They had two daughters, Nia and Eurgain, and a son, Powys. He accepted a call to Capel Als, Llanelli in 1969, and remained there until he was elected General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1975. Prior to

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