Hanes Cychwyniad Y Wladfa ym Mhatagonia — Thomas Jones, Glan Camwy

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Erthyglau Thomas Jones ar hanes Cychwyniad y Wladfa a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Drafod yn 1926, wedu eu golgyu gan Elvey MacDonald, gan gynnwys bywgraffiad byr o Thomas Jones.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Thomas Jones' articles on the history of the Settlement of the Colony published in Y Drafod in 1926, edited by Elvey MacDonald, including a short biography of Thomas Jones.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Articles by Thomas Jones on the history of the beginnings of y Wladfa, published in Y Drafod in 1926, edited by Elvey MacDonald, including a short biography of Thomas Jones.

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Ganwyd Elvey MacDonald yn Nhrelew yn 1941 i deulu gweithgar ym myd diwylliannol a chrefyddol Cymraeg a Chymreig Y Wladfa. Bu'n fyfyriwr yng Ngholeg Harlech cyn cael swydd gyda'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ac yna fel Cyfarwyddwr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd. Hanes y Wladfa oedd un o'i brif ddiddordebau a bu'n siaradwr gwâdd yn nifer o gymdeithasau ar hyd a lled Cymru. Trefnodd deithiau i Batagonia am nifer o flynyddoedd, gan addysgu'r teithwyr am hanes a datblygiad y Wladfa ers dechrau'r sefydliad yn 1865. Bu farw yng Nghymru ar 23 Tachwedd 2022.

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Elvey MacDonald was born in Trelew in 1941 to a family active in the Welsh and Welsh-language cultural and religious life of Y Wladfa. He was a student at Coleg Harlech before taking a job with the National Eisteddfod of Wales and later serving as Director of Urdd Gobaith Cymru’s National Eisteddfod. The history of Y Wladfa was one of his main interests, and he was a guest speaker for numerous societies throughout Wales. He organized trips to Patagonia for many years, teaching travellers about the history and development of Y Wladfa since the beginning of the settlement in 1865. He died in Wales on 23 November 2022.