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- From the 1861 Wales Census for Gwernhowel, Denbighshire (RG9 Piece 4307 Folio 43 Page 8) Griffith, 15, Wool Spinner from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was at Park, Gwernhowel, Denbighshire, England. He was working for Jabes Roberts, 32, Woolcarder Master employing 1 Man and 4 Boys, and from Gwytherin, Denbighshire. Also present were Jabes's wife Eleanor, 29, from Capel Garmon, Denbighshire their sons William Roberts, 4, born Ysbytty, Denbighshire, Robert T. Jones, 3, born Ysbytty, Denbighshire, and Moses Roberts, 1, born Ysbytty, Denbighshire, and fellow servant David Owen, 14, Wool Spinner from Capel Garmon, Denbighshire.
From the 1871 Wales Census for Llandderfel, Merionethshire (RG10 Piece 5687 Folio 89 Page 7) Griffith, 26, Wool Spinner from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was with his wife Anne, 22, from Llanfor, Merionethshire, and daughter Jane Elizabeth, 10 months, born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, at 4 Glanrafon, Llandderfel, Merionethshire, Wales.
From the 1881 Wales Census for Llanycil, Merionethshire (RG11 Piece 5542 Folio 92 Page 25) Griffith, 36, Master of Workhouse from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was with his wife Anne, 34, Matron of Workhouse from Llandderfel, Merionethshire, at Mount Street (Workhouse), Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. They were with their children Jane Elizabeth, 10, Scholar born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, Susannah, 9, Scholar born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, Robert, 7, Scholar born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, Anne, 4, born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, and Margaret Ellin, 1, born Bala, Merionethshire. There was also a number of inmates.
From the 1891 Wales Census for Llanycil, Merionethshire (RG12 Piece 4639 Folio 86 Page 28) Griffith, 45, Workhouse Master from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was with his wife Ann, 42, Workhouse Matron from Llanfor, Merionethshire, at the Union Workhouse, Mount Street, Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. With them were their daughters Jane E., 20, Housemaid born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, Ann, 14, Dressmaker born Llandderfel, Merionethshire, and Margaret E., 11, born Llanycil, Merionethshire. Also present were many inmates.
From the 1901 Wales Census for Bala, Merionethshire (RG13 Piece 5251 Folio 26 Page 11) Griffith, 55, Master of Workhouse from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was with his wife Ann, 53, Matron of Workhouse from Llanfor, Merionethshire, daughter Margaret E., 21, Hospital Nurse born Bala, Merionethshire, and granddaughter Olwen Evans, 5, born Borth-y-Gest, Caernarfonshire, at Bala Union Workhouse, Bala, Merionethshire,Wales. There were 26 inmates and 2 casual workers.
From the 1911 Wales Census for Bala, Merionethshire (RG14PN34254 RG78PN1979 RD626 SD1 ED8 SN197) Griffith, 65, Master of Workhouse from Gwytherin, Denbighshire, was with his wife Ann, 63, Matron of Workhouse from Llanfor, Merionethshire, at Bala Union Workhouse, 6 Mount Lane, Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. Also present was servant Alice Edwards, 28, General Domestic Servant (Board of Guardians) from Llangollen, Denbighshire, and a large number of inmates.
Extracted from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography 26/1/2015:
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (Gwrtheyrn; 1846 - 1915), litt?rateur; born 7 Oct. 1846 at Hendrebach, Gwytherin, Denbs. After very little schooling, he was apprenticed at 10 with a weaver at Ysbyty Ifan, and benefited greatly from the vigorous literary and musical life of Pentrefoelas in those days. He was afterwards for a while at Llanrwst, in the employ of Gwilym Cowlyd (q.v.), but returned to his weaving, living after his marriage (1869) in the house attached to Cwmtirmynach Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and afterwards at Cefn- ddwysarn, and working in the woollen-factories at both places. But in 1877 he and his wife were appointed master and mistress of the workhouse at Bala; and he remained in that charge until about two years before his death on 20 Jan. 1915. He was a man of many gifts; for one thing a fine singer and a zealous fosterer of music in the places in which he lived. In poetry, he was well disciplined in the strict metres, and although his own volume of verse, Caneuon Gwrtheyrn, 1873, does not rank very high, his work as an instructor of poets was of great importance in the life of his region - for instance, Dewi Havhesp (q.v.) owed much to his criticism. His articles in the Liverpool Brython, on the old cywydd poets, and the manuscripts of his which are now in the National Library, show his great interest in the older literature. In a totally different field, he published in 1897 Pum Plwy Penllyn, a most useful history of Poor Law administration in Penllyn from 1720 till 1897.
Bibliography:
Y Brython (Liverpool), 4 Feb. 1915;
Y Seren (Bala) 6 and 13 Feb. 1915;
information from the family;
personal acquaintance.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
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