JENKINS
,
JOSEPH
(
1886
-
1962
),
minister (Meth.) and author
;
b.
4 Nov. 1886
, in
Tynewydd
,
Pontrhydygroes, Cards.
, his father being a cousin of
Joseph
Jenkins
(
1861
-
1929
(
recte
1859
-
1929
);
DWB
, 436)
who was also a
minister
. He was educated in
Ysbyty Ystwyth school
and started work at the age of 13 in one of the
local lead mines
. He had a further period of education in
Gwynfryn School
,
Ammanford
, before going as a
lay agent
on the
Llandeilo
circuit. After being accepted as a candidate for the ministry, spending a year at
Aberaeron
, and going to
Handsworth College
,
Birmingham
, he served on the following circuits:
Lampeter
,
Llandeilo
,
Machynlleth
(twice),
Tredegar
,
Aberystwyth
,
Beaumaris
,
Caernarfon
,
Pwllheli
,
Blaenau Ffestiniog
. He became a supernumerary in
1959
. Between
1926 and 1952
he published 14 story books for children, e.g.
Robin y pysgotwr
,
Straeon athro
, which were very popular, and also five plays, some of which were in great demand, such as
Dal y lleidr
. He published a textbook
Hanes yr Efengylau
in
1931
and edited
Y Winllan
,
1948-53
. He was
Moderator
of the
Welsh Assembly
1951
and an
honorary member
of the
Gorsedd
of Bards
. He received the
Sir O.M. Edwards Memorial Prize
in
1947
for his contribution to literature; much of his work appeared in periodicals. He m.
Mary Catherine
Williams
,
Dafen
, and they had a son and daughter. He d.
21 Apr. 1962
.
Bibliography:
-
The Minutes of the Annual Conference
Methodist Church
,
1962
, 213;
-
[
Mairwen and Gwynn Jones
,
Dewiniaid Difyr llenorion plant Cymru hyd
tua 1950
, Llandysul, 1983
(
1983
)].
Author:
Gwilym Richard Tilsley, (1911-97), Prestatyn
