Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, Ruthin. Simon Thelwall's oldest son of his first marriage was EDWARD THELWALL (died 29 July 1610) He married, as his third wife, Katheryn of Berain. SIMON THELWALL, Edward's son of his second marriage, married Gaenor, daughter of Dr. Elis Prys of Plas Iolyn, and from this union were descended the Thelwall family of Ruthin. The Bathafarn Park branch of the family traced their descent from John Thelwall
HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman Gainor Hughes was christened on 23 May 1745 at Llandderfel parish church, Meirionethshire, the daughter of Hugh David, Bodelith, and his wife Catherine. Gaenor, Gaunor and Gaynor occur as variant forms of her name. During her short life she became well-known enough to merit a notice of her death in the Chester Chronicle, together with the attention of the most prominent poets of the ballad
HOWELLS, GERAINT WYN (Baron Geraint), (1925 - 2004), farmer and politician sheep farming. He suffered from heart trouble before the 1992 general election and he underwent, in later years, a major heart operation. He married Mary Olwen Hughes Griffiths in 1957; they had two daughters, Gaenor and Mari. Lord Geraint lived at Glennydd, Ponterwyd; he died on 17 April 2004 and his funeral was held on 24 April at Ponterwyd Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, where he served as deacon; a

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