Background
Owen Wynne Jones was born at a house called Ty"n-y-ffrwd, in the village of Rhostryfan, near Caernarfon.
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At the age of ten, he was sent to work in the quarry, but later returned to full-time education and went on to train as a teacher. In 1855 he began teaching at Llanfachreth in Merionethshire. He began to assist Eben Fardd in arranging local eisteddfodau.
In 1860 he was ordained as an Anglican clergyman and worked as a curate in several parishes.
He wrote many articles and co-edited the periodical Y Glorian with William Thomas (Islwyn).
