Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, THOMAS (1862 - 1951), breeder of Welsh cobs Born 31 January 1862 one of the 10 children, 3 girls and 7 boys, of James Rees and Mary, his wife, who lived at Sarnicol, the cottage in Capel Cynon, Cardiganshire, in which Thomas Jacob Thomas was born in 1873. The Rees family moved to Dolau Llethi, Llannarth where Thomas at the age of 8 was a shepherd in summer, working for a time alongside Evan Pan Jones, and attended school at Talgarreg in
JAMES, JAMES (1760 - 1831), Calvinistic Methodist and afterwards Independent minister
JAMES, JAMES (Iago Emlyn; 1800 - 1879), Congregational minister and poet Born in the parish of Bettws Ifan, near Cardigan, in 1800, the son of David and Mary James. By November 1809 the parents had died, and he was cared for by his grandmother at Dinas, near Newcastle Emlyn. For some years he was engaged in business in various places, including Bristol. In 1840 he entered the college at Carmarthen, and subsequently served pastorates at Llanelly, Cardiff, Newport, and
EDWARDS, JOHN (1692? - 1774), parish clerk and poet son of John Edwards and his wife Elinora (?). He was christened in 1692 in the parish church of Manafon, Montgomeryshire, and there in 1730 he married Catherine, daughter of Evan Evans, Cwm-yr-annel, Carno. He was parish clerk of Manafon for fifty years. He wrote englynion and carols, some of his work being published in Evan Davies (Philomath, fl. 1720-50) of Manafon's almanac, 1738, and some in
THOMAS, EVAN (d. 1781) Cwmhwylfod, Sarnau, transcriber and owner of manuscripts It was a manuscript transcribed by him (now NLW MS 686B) that E. Stanton Roberts edited and published under the title Llysieulyfr Meddyginiaethol a briodolir i William Salesbury (Liverpool, 1916). Evan Thomas also owned Cwrtmawr MS 1D, NLW MS 642B and (a fact not then known to E. Stanton Roberts) NLW MS 4581B. The latter is a copy made by Roger Morris, Coed y Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, of
EDWARDS, EVAN (1734 - 1766), harpist
BEVAN, EVAN (1803 - 1866), poet
EVANS, EVAN (1882 - 1965), businessman later bought a farm, kept a hotel, had a car sales business and established Evan Evans Tours, Ltd., which had world-wide links. He took an active interest in the public life of the Borough of St. Pancras as a councillor 1922-59 and alderman 1935-45, mayor 1939-41, deputy mayor for five years, and J.P. He worked hard to provide a refuge for those who lost their homes during the air raids in 1940. He
JENKINS, EVAN (1799 - 1877), cleric
HOPKINS, EVAN ([1801]? - 1888), geologist
SAUNDERS, EVAN (d. 1742), deacon
DAVIES, EVAN (1826 - 1872), educationist ' school movement in South Wales, led by David Rees (1801 - 1869), of Llanelly; and the supporters of that movement, at a series of conferences held in 1845, decided to set up a training college for teachers at Brecon (1846), of which Evan Davies (after a period of training at Borough Road) was appointed principal. In 1849 the college was removed to Swansea, but the collapse of the Voluntaryist movement

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