Ffeil / File A/3 - Llythyrau at/oddi wrth David Rowland Hughes ('Myfyr Eifion') = Letters to/from David Rowland Hughes ('Myfyr Eifion')

Nodyn iaith: Un llythyr yng Nghymraeg = Language note: One letter in Welsh.

Ganed David Rowland Hughes ('Myfyr Eifion') (1874-1953) yn Nhreffynnon, yn fab i William ac Elizabeth Hughes. Fe'i addysgwyd yn ysgolion elfennol Porthmadog a Bangor, ysgol golegol Llandudno a Cholegau Prifysgol Cymru Bangor ac Aberystwyth. Bu'n dysgu yn ei hen ysgol yn Llandudno am flwyddyn cyn ymgartrefu yn Llundain ym 1894, lle bu am 45 mlynedd yn gweithio i gwmni United Dairies. Ymroddodd i fywyd cymdeithasol a diwylliannol Cymry Llundain: bu'n gyd-ysgrifennydd Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llundain 1909 ac yn ysgrifennydd Eglwys Methodistaidd Calfinaidd Falmouth Road, yn ogystal á gwasanaethu mudiad Urdd Gobaith Cymru yn y ddinas. 'Roedd hefyd yn gyd-olygydd ac yn gyfrannwr i gylchgrawn Cymry Llundain Y Ddolen o 1926 i 1938. Cydnebir mai llafur di-ildio David Rowland Hughes fu'n bennaf gyfrifol am sicrhau parhad yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol trwy gydol blynyddoedd yr Ail Ryfel Byd. Wedi ymddeol o'i swydd gyda United Dairies, symudodd i Hen Golwyn. Ym 1903, priododd á Maggie (ganed Ellis), Llundain a chawsant dair merch. Bu farw yn Awst 1953 a'i gladdu ym mynwent Bron-y-nant, Bae Colwyn. = David Rowland Hughes (bardic name 'Myfyr Eifion') (1874-1953) was born in Holywell, the son of William and Elizabeth Hughes. He was educated in Porthmadog and Bangor elementary schools, Llandudno Collegiate School and the University Colleges of Bangor and Aberystwyth. He spent a year teaching at his old school in Llandudno prior to settling in London in 1894, where he was employed for 45 years with United Dairies. He dedicated himself to the social and cultural life of the London Welsh community, serving as joint secretary of the London National Eisteddfod of 1909 and as secretary of Falmouth Road Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, as well as working diligently with the London branch of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh youth league). He also co-edited the London Welsh magazine Y Ddolen from 1926 to 1938. It is acknowledged that Hughes' dedicated labours were primarily responsible for the continuation of the National Eisteddfod throughout the years of the Second World War. After retiring from his post with United Dairies, Hughes moved to Old Colwyn. In 1903, he married Maggie (née Ellis), with whom he had three daughters. He died in August 1953 and was bured in Bron-y-nant cemetery, Colwyn Bay.

Ganed David Erwyd Jenkins (1864-1937) ym Mhont-iets, yn fab i John a Sarah Jenkins. Fe'i addysgwyd yn ysgol Llandysul ac yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Aeth yn brentis mewn siop yn Llanelli, ac yna, wedi cyfnod yn Llundain, yn was i ddilledydd yng Nghasnewydd, lle dechreuodd bregethu yng Nghapel Ebeneser ym 1885. Ym 1893, derbyniodd alwad i Gapel Saron, Llanbadarn Fawr a'i ordeinio'r flwyddyn ganlynol. Ym 1896 symudodd i Gapel Seisnig Tremadog, ac yna, ym 1901, i Gapel Seisnig Dinbych, pryd y cychwynnodd ar ei yrfa fel ymchwiliwr dygn a manwl i hanes ei enwad. Cyhoeddodd sawl cyfrol yn ymwneud á'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, gan gynnwys ei dair cyfrol cynhwysfawr Thomas Charles (1908). Ymddeolodd o'i ofalaeth ym 1911, ond, ym 1915, fe'i penodwyd yn athro yn ysgol ganolradd Dinbych, lle gwasanaethodd hyd 1930. Bu farw Medi 1937 ym Mhont-Henri, a'i gladdu yno. = David Erwyd Jenkins (1864-1937) was born in Pontyates, the son of John and Sarah Jenkins. He was educated in Llandysul school and at University College Aberystwyth. Following a shop apprenticeship in Llanelli and a short period in London, he went to work in a drapers store in Newport, where, in 1885, he began preaching at Ebenezer Chapel. In 1893, he was called to minister at Saron Chapel, Llanbadarn Fawr and was ordained the following year. In 1896 he took up the ministry of the English chapel in Tremadog, and, in 1901, that of the English chapel in Denbigh. It was at this time that Jenkins embarked on his diligent and meticulous research into the history of his denomination, subsequently publishing several works relating to the Calvinistic Methodist cause, including his three exhaustive volumes on Thomas Charles (1908). He retired from his ministerial duties in 1911, but, in 1915, was appointed teacher at Denbigh Intermediate School, a post he held until 1930. He died in September 1937 while on a visit to Pont-Henri, Carmarthenshire, and was buried there.

Ganed Otto Rudolph Oppermann (c. 1881-1947), peiriannydd mecanyddol, yn Leytonstone, Llundain, yn fab i Carl Oppermann, a oedd hefyd yn beiriannydd mecanyddol ac a aned yn yr Almaen, a'i wraig Elizabeth, a aned yn Knightsbridge, Llundain. Priododd Margaret Caroline o Newington, Llundain, a chawsant dri mab. Bu farw yn Llundain ym 1947. = Otto Rudolph Oppermann (c. 1881-1947), mechanical engineer, was born in Leytonstone, London, the son of Carl Oppermann, also a mechanical engineer born in Germany, and his wife Elizabeth, born in Knightsbridge, London. He married Margaret Caroline of Newington, London, with whom he had three sons. He died in London in 1947.
Oppermann & Sons: '...of 13 Albemarle Street, Clerkenwell ... 1911 Partnership dissolved. ... us, the undersigned, Otto Rudolph Oppermann and Gerald Douglas Pearce-Jones, carrying on business as Engineers and Gear Cutters, at 3, Albemarle-street and 64 1/2, Clerkenwell-road, London, under the style or firm of OPPERMANN AND SONS, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from this day. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by Otto Rudolph Oppermann...'
(https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oppermann_and_Sons)

Yn ól Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society Cyf. XXVII (1949-50) (https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/whs/27-1.pdf), tud. 16: A Baptismal Entry by John Wesley, 'roedd Arthur Wallington yn cyfrannu i'r Wesleyan Methodist Magazine. = According to Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society Vol. XXVII (1949-50) (https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/whs/27-1.pdf), p. 16: A Baptismal Entry by John Wesley, Arthur Wallington was a contributor to the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine.

'Roedd y bardd a'r cyfreithiwr Walter Prideaux (1806-1889) yn glerc yn Goldsmiths' Hall, Llundain = Poet and lawyer Walter Prideaux (1806-1889) was employed as a clerk at Goldsmiths' Hall, London.

Ganed y Parchedig Edgar C. Barton (1873-1953) yn fab i Henry Sumpter Barton (1836-1899) a'i addysgu yn Ysgol Woodhouse Grove, Bradford a Choleg Richmond. Bu'n cenhadu am gyfnod byr yn Malta a'r Gold Coast (bellach Ghana), cyn ymuno á chenhadaeth St John's Square, Clerkenwell ynghanol dinas Llundain o 1911 hyd 1932 Hefyd ym 1932 fe chwaraeodd ran flaenllaw mewn dwy brosiect, sef adeiladu Epworth House, pencadlys cyhoeddadiau'r Methodistiaid, a sefydlu'r Religious Group of the Publishers' Association. O 1914 ymlaen, bu'n Ysgrifennydd y 'First London District', a'i benodi'n gadeirydd y mudiad ym 1932. Ym 1935 fe'i benodwyd yn ysgrifennydd cyntaf y Methodist Church Music Society, a sefydlwyd y flwyddyn honno. Gwasanaethodd hefyd fel Stiward Llyfrau'r genhadaeth yn St John's Square o 1932 hyd 1948. Bu farw yn Nhachwedd 1953. = The Reverend Edgar C. Barton (1873-1953), son of Henry Sumpter Barton (1836-1899), was educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford and at Richmond College. He briefly served at a mission in Malta and the Gold Coast (now Ghana) before becoming a member of the inner-city mission in St John's Square, Clerkenwell, London from 1911 to 1932. Also in 1932 he played a prominent part in the buliding of Epworth House, the headquarters of Methodist publications, and in establishing the Religious Group of the Publishers' Association. From 1914, he was Secretary of the First London District, of which he was appointed chairman in 1932. In 1935 he was appointed as first Secretary of the Methodist Church Music society, which had been established that same year. Barton also served as Book Steward of the St John's Square mission from 1932 until 1948. He died in November 1953.

Mae'n bosib fod y ddolen ganlynol yn cyfeirio at y Josiah Briscoe a enwir yma: = The following link may refer to the Josiah Briscoe mentioned here: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1881-census/josiah-briscoe-0001315905