WILLIAMS
,
WILLIAM PRICHARD
(
1848
-
1916
),
son of
David
Williams
(b. c.1824)
of
Glasdo
,
Llan Ffestiniog
, (a descendant of
William
Prichard
of
Clwchdyrnog
,
Anglesey)
, and his wife Ann Owen (c.1823-1867). He was b.
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 was one of the founders of the
Princes Road Presbyterian church
,
Bangor
, and was elected one of its first
elders
. He was a true
scholar
and, in
1908
, at the request of the
Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales
, brought out a new edition of
Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr
by
Maurice
Kyffin
. He was twice m. (1) to
Emily
(d.
17 Sept. 1881
), and (2) to her sister,
Annie Ada
(d.
26 Feb. 1925
), daughters of
Henry Lloyd
Jones
,
solicitor
, of
Bangor
(
J. E.
Griffith
,
Pedigrees
, 154). He d.
31 July 1916
.
Bibliography:
-
J. E. Griffith
,
Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire
Families
, 1914
, 154, 246;
- personal knowledge.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Thomas Hudson-Williams, D.Litt., (1873-1961), Bangor
/ Oxford
