Alumni Oxoniensis should contain a reference to Joseph William (Jesus is the
"Welsh" college) including his father's name. It is worth looking for
fathers there too as Revs - and JPs - in the 19th century were often members of the
"squirearchy" (major or minor) as others have dubbed it and may not have been
the first of the family to go to university. Obviously not as useful with some names as
with other more rare ones.
Ian
Bromley
London
Rev Joseph William Griffith
Born 1831. Graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1852. Curate in Llandudno
1852-1855; Vicar of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire 1855-1861; Vicar Bettws y
Coed 1861-1878; Rector of Pentraeth and Llanbedrgoch 1878 until his death 15
February 1894. His funeral service was held in Bettws y Coed. He served for
14 years as Inspector of Schools for Tindaethwy and was also the Rural Dean
of Tindaethwy. He was a Justice of the Peace in Montgomeryshire and also in
Caernarfonshire. One of his sons was Edward Byrne Griffith who died in
Sydney, Australia in 1900 aged 36.