Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWYNNE family Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel See the pedigrees in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, 3rd ed., ii, 238-40, iv, 269-70. This family, though not originally belonging to the Glanbrân clan (see Gwynne of Llanelwedd), became later connected with it. The surname ' Gwyn ' first appears in the Garth family c. 1545. A REES GWYNNE of Garth was coroner of Brecknock in the 17th century, and had a son MARMADUKE GWYNNE
JONES, JOHN (Vulcan; 1825 - 1889), Wesleyan minister (1858), Tre-garth (1860), Holyhead (1863), Liverpool (1866), Tre-garth (1869), Bangor (1872), Rhyl (1875), Shaw Street, Liverpool (1878), Bangor (1881), Caernarvon (1884), and Tre-garth (1885). He retired in 1887 and died 17 December 1889. He was interested in poetry, politics, and music, but his chief pre-occupations were philosophy and theology and he wrote a great deal on these subjects to the
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (Gwilym Caledffrwd; 1832 - 1913), quarryman and musician Born at Penisa'r allt, Tre-garth, Llandygai, Caernarfonshire. He received instruction in music from John Morgan, Pen-y-groes, Tre-garth; he also studied the text-books of Mills and Alawydd. In 1860 he emigrated to the U.S.A., settling in Middle Granville. He published Y Canigydd Cymreig in 1866 and, in 1879, Graded Anthems, the latter including two anthems composed by himself; in 1888 he
LLOYD family Leighton, Moel-y-garth, difficulty in securing his pay. The date of his death is unknown. Sir CHARLES LLOYD (died 1678?), merchant and politician Business and IndustryPolitics, Government and Political Movements, was the son of David Lloyd of Moely-garth, a member of the Shrewsbury Drapers' Company and fourth son of Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton, above. After the death of his elder brother John he inherited the property of Moel-y
JONES, GRIFFITH (1808 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Son of John Humphreys, Ty'n-y-clawdd, Tre-garth, Caernarfonshire. He had a short course of schooling at Carneddi and Llanfairfechan and was taught boot-making by his father. He began to preach in 1832. After spending about a year at Bala College, and after being received into the Association in 1834, he was ordained in 1845. He refused to be transferred from his native village, where he died 18
DAVIES, HUGH (Pencerdd Maelor; 1844 - 1907), musician and Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 1 September 1844 at Garth near Ruabon. He left school when he was 8 years of age and went to work in J. C. Edwards's brickfields, of which, in due course, he became deputy manager. He was taught music by Joseph Owen, schoolmaster of Rhos, who used to come over to hold a class at Acrefair. He worked hard to master the tonic sol-fa notation and obtained the degree of G.T.S.C. He composed some
EDMUNDS, MARY ANNE (1813 - 1858), teacher school at Ruthin. In January 1849 she was transferred to Bangor to start the British school at Garth, where she laboured successfully for six years. In 1850 she married John Edmunds 1815 - 1886, born at S. Davids, headmaster of the Garth school and, before that, of the Ruthin school. They had two sons. She died 22 March 1858, and he afterwards set up in business at Caernarvon, and died there 10 March
HUGHES, HUGH (Tegai; 1805 - 1864), Independent minister and man of letters Born at Llandygái, Caernarfonshire, 1805, the son of Thomas and Barbara Hughes, two Anglesey people who were ardent Independents. When the Cororion Independent chapel at Tre-garth, Llandygái, was closed down, he joined the Wesleyans at Shiloh, Tre-garth, and became a lay preacher. He never attended a day school and the only education he received was at the Cororion and Shiloh Sunday schools. He
BOWND, WILLIAM, Arminian Baptist He lived at Garth Fawr in the parish of Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, but worshipped with the Arminian Baptists of Radnorshire. There is no record of his having received a stipend for his ministry after 1658. He debated publicly with Alexander Parker and John Moon, the Quakers, at Scurwy, a farm near Rhayader (see the article on HUGH EVANS (? - 1656). After his early death his widow married William
BERRY, ROBERT GRIFFITH (1869 - 1945), minister (Congl.) and writer Bangor university college, where he took the first part of the B.A. degree course of London University, and, in 1892, he entered Bala-Bangor Theological College. He contributed to the college magazine (of which he was the first editor) light and witty sketches of students and events. His only pastorate was at Bethlehem, Gwaelod-y-garth, Glamorganshire, to which he was invited 3 August 1896. He married
ROBERTS, JOHN PRICE (1854 - 1905), Wesleyan minister and author Born 7 February 1854 at Penmachno, son of William and Catherine Roberts. He became a lay-preacher in 1872, and (after serving in a shop at Manchester) was accepted for the ministry in 1876, going on to Richmond College. He began his ministry at Caernarvon (he was ordained at Liverpool in 1881), and served twelve circuits in all; he died at Tre-garth, 8 November 1905. He was a frequent contributor
OWEN, WILLIAM DAVID (1874 - 1925), lawyer and journalist Born 21 October 1874 at Tŷ Franan, Bodedern, Anglesey, son of William and Jane Owen. He became pupil-teacher at the village school, and afterwards, under L. D. Jones, at Garth, Bangor, and passed through Bangor Normal College. For some time he was a school teacher, but afterwards became a journalist. He was subsequently called to the Bar, but ultimately returned to Anglesey to practise as a

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