John Morgan Jones
Welsh Congregational minister and Principal of Bala-Bangor College
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| Intro | Welsh Congregational minister and Principal of Bala-Bangor College | ||||||||||||
| Places | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| was | Minister | ||||||||||||
| Work field | Religion | ||||||||||||
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| Religion: | Congregationalist polity | ||||||||||||
| Birth | 23 October 1873, Cwmamman, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Death | 7 March 1946 (aged 72 years) | ||||||||||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||||||||||
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By
Philip Knight-Jones
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29 Jun 2020, 04:28 pm
He wrote articles and books expressing his theological liberalism and interest in public affairs. He made contributions in the Celt, The Christian Commonwealth and Geiriadur Beiblaidd. John Morgan Jones was principal at Bangor until his death in 1946; he is buried at Glanadda Cemetery, Bangor with his wife Lucy (d1938) and her mother Susannah (d1919)
By
Philip Knight-Jones
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29 Jun 2020, 04:20 pm
My mother Mary was born in 1915 soon after they settled in Bangor in 1915. In Bangor, John Morgan Jones had a leading role in publishing the
pacifist newspaper Y Deyrnas. He
succeeded Thomas Rees as Principal there in 1926. He held posts eg . Chairman
of the North Wales branch of the WEA; and Chairman of the North Wales
Congregational Union.
By
Philip Knight-Jones
on
29 Jun 2020, 04:16 pm
On leaving Aberdare after 13 years tributes were made in various newspapers http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3578882/3578888/66/Rev%20John%20Morgan%20Jones%20Bangor.
By
Philip Knight-Jones
on
29 Jun 2020, 04:14 pm
In1911 he was
living at 27 Clifton Street, Aberdare with Lucy, and her mother Susannah nee
Matthews (b 1836), more on the Evans’s to follow, and their first son born
Arthur Morgan (b 1911). Their second son
John Llewellyn was born 10 Oct 1912.
In 1914 the
family moved to Bangor where he became Professor of Church History and English
Literature at Bala-Bangor Independent Theological College
By
Philip Knight-Jones
on
29 Jun 2020, 04:12 pm
In 1900, he
was ordained as minister of Tabernacle English Congregational church, Aberdare,
additionally becoming the Liberal member on the Town Council between 1904 and
1907.
By
Philip Knight-Jones
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29 Jun 2020, 04:11 pm
John Morgan Jones attended the school in the Market Hall and then worked
initially in the office of a local tin-works. In 1889, he began preaching at New Bethel,
Garnant under the ministry of Rev J Towyn Jones, and then attended at the
Gwynfryn Academy. In 1891 he went to
Brecon Memorial College and graduated with honours in 1894 at University
College, Cardiff. He studied theology at
Brecon and Mansfield College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1899.
By
Philip Knight-Jones
on
29 Jun 2020, 04:09 pm
My Mother's father was John Morgan Jones (b 1873). He lived with his father Joseph
(b1838), an Engine Driver, his mother Mary (b 1839),
3 brothers, and 5 sisters,
They lived in Albert Cottage, Betws, Carmarthenshire (near Ammanford).