JONES
,
EDWARD
(
Iorwerth Ceitho
;
1838?
-
1930
),
carpenter and eisteddfodwr
;
b.
c.
1838
,
the youngest of six children of
Thomas
and
Eleanor
Jones
of
Ffos-dwn
,
Dihewyd, Cards.
When he was about 5 years old the family moved to the tenement of
Bryn Haidd
in
Nantcwnlle
. He was apprenticed as a
carpenter
with
David
Davies
,
Brynhyfryd
,
Bwlch-y-llan
, who specialized in the
making of threshing machines
. He migrated to
London
to
serve in a milk-walk and to tend cattle
for a widowed Englishwoman and her daughter. He m. the daughter and came into considerable wealth. His name appears in the earliest printed reports of
Jewin (C.M.) church
, and continues there till his death. At first, he resided in
Fitzroy Road
,
Regent's Park
, and, from
1896
, in
Barforth Road
,
Peckham
. He spent his leisure
writing essays for competition at local eisteddfodau
. He won some of the principal awards for essays in
Welsh
at national eisteddfodau, beginning in
1901
with an essay on ‘
The Trend of philosophical and theological thought in Wales at the present time
’; a ‘
List with short notes, of Notable Welshmen, 1700-1900
,’ in
1906
; and an essay on ‘
The Influence of the Romans on the language, civilization, and physical constitution of the Welsh
,’ which shared the prize, in
1910
. His ‘
List of Notable Welshmen
’ has been a valuable source for the present Dictionary, though only a part of it (A — H) was published [in
1908
; the manuscript of the remainder is at
N.L.W.
, except the entries under J and K, which are lost. The work contains more entries than any other Welsh biographical dictionary covering its period.] He was buried at
Forest Hill
,
2 Nov. 1930
.
Bibliography:
- Jewin church reports;
-
information supplied by
John Jones
, Bwlch-y-llan, and Alderman
Evan Evans
, Russell Square, London.
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
