Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MORRIS (1883 - 1954), quarryman, choir conductor, soloist and cerdd dant adjudicator Born one of 7 children, 17 January 1883 in Tan-y-fron, Tanygrisiau, Meironnydd, son of William Morris Williams, quarryman, and his wife Jane. His father was precentor in Bethel (CM) chapel, Tanygrisiau for 25 years and the son began to assist him when he was 17. He married in 1905 Mair, daughter of Daniel and Mary Williams, Conglog, Tanygrisiau and they raised a musical family of 3 sons and 2
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer Born 30 December 1874 at Llawr-cwrt, Gwyddgrug, near Pencader, Carmarthenshire, the youngest of the ten children of Daniel and Mari Williams. He was educated at New Inn elementary school, and at the age of 12 he was apprenticed to his brothers as a weaver. He was brought up in New Inn church, where he began preaching in 1894. He was educated for the ministry at Newcastle Emlyn grammar school and
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OGWEN (1924 - 1969), archivist, university professor Born in Llanfairfechan, Caernarfonshire, 12 December 1924, the elder of the 2 sons of William Henry Williams and his wife Margaret (née Pritchard). He was educated at Llanfairfechan national school, 1928-35, Friars School, Bangor, 1935-42, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1942-47 (B.A., 1st.-class hons. History, 1945), University of London, 1947-48 (diploma in archive elect studies
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PRICHARD (1848 - 1916), co-founder of the Princes Road Presbyterian church, Bangor, and publisher of a new edition of Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr by Maurice Kyffin son of David Williams (born c. 1824) of Glasdo, Llan Ffestiniog, (a descendant of William Prichard of Clwchdyrnog, Anglesey), and his wife Ann Owen (c.1823-1867). He was born 21 July 1848. After getting a little education at a dame's school in the village, he obtained employment in the firm of J. and N. Phillips of Manchester, and spent the rest of his life travelling for it in North Wales. He
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RETLAW JEFFERSON (c.1863 - 1944), solicitor, genealogist, and historian He was one of the remarkable children of Aberclydach, Llanfigan, Brecknockshire (see WILLIAMS, Alice Matilda). The father, John James Williams (died 31 March 1906), was a surgeon and a captain of the First Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers, and a member of the Gorsedd of Bards as 'Brychan'. The mother's maiden name was Jane Robertson. The main feat of the eldest son, Howell Price, was to traverse
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM RICHARD (1879 - 1961), railway traffic inspector Born 18 March 1879 son of Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Agnes his wife, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire. He married, 8 April 1902, Mabel Escott Melluish but had no children. Known in railway circles as ' the man who achieved a schoolboy's ambition to run a railway ', Sir William was educated in Cardiff and began his career with the Rhymney Railway Company in 1893 as a junior clerk. He was put in
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM RICHARD (1896 - 1962), minister (Presb.) and Principal of the United Theological College, Aberystwyth Born 4 April 1896 at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, son of Richard and Catherine Williams, his mother of the lineage of Siarl Marc of Bryncroes. He was educated at Penlleiniau church day-school and Pwllheli County School. He won a Mrs Clarke Scholarship, enabling him to enter University College, Aberystwyth, where he graduated with first-class honours in Greek and second class in philosophy. His
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SIDNEY GWYNN (1896 - 1978), musician and administrator Gwynn Williams was born at Plas Hafod, Llangollen on 4 April 1896, the son of W. Pencerdd Williams (1856-1924), a monumental mason who was also a musician and conductor of the Llangollen Choral Society. Gwynn's mother died before he reached the age of four. His father instructed him in tonic sol-fa, and he later became a Fellow of the Tonic Sol-fa College (FTSC). He qualified as a solicitor and
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WYN (1876 - 1936), minister and poet
WILLIAMS, ZACHARIAH (1673 - 1755), medical practitioner, and inventor Father of Anna Williams. He was born at Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire, and practised for a time in South Wales. He was admitted a 'poor brother pensioner' of the Charterhouse, London, in 1729. His interests are indicated by the titles of his books: The Mariners Compass Compleated, 1740 and 1745; A True Narrative of certain Circumstances relating to Zachariah Williams in the Charterhouse, 1749; and
WILLIAMS, ZEPHANIAH (1795 - 1874), Chartist A native of Argoed, Bedwellty, Monmouth. He became a master-collier at Blaina, and (as it was usual for persons in his occupation to pay their men in public houses) he kept the Royal Oak Inn of that place. He was a free-thinker in religion, and ably defended his standpoint in A Letter to Benjamin Williams, 1831. The local Working Men's Association met at his house, and he became an active
WILLIAMS-ELLIS, JOHN CLOUGH (1833 - 1913), scholar, clergyman, poet and possibly the first Welshman to climb one of the highest mountains in the Alps Born 11 March 1833 in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, second son of John Williams-Ellis, clergyman, and his wife Harriet Ellen Clough of Denbigh. He was brought up in Brondanw, Llanfrothen, and later, when his father was inducted rector of Llanaelhaearn, in Glasfryn, Llangybi. He was educated in Rossall School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated 3rd Wrangler and was elected a fellow

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