Records relating to Benjamin Jones of Glynneath and the Abernant Dinas Silica Brick and Cement Company. Benjamin Jones was born in Neath, of Carmarthenshire stock, and brought up in Tonna. He worked for the Neath Canal Navigation Company for 53 years, owned a boot and shoe shop in Glynneath, and assisted the secretary of the Abernant Dinas Silica Brick and Cement Company (making entries in the Company’s letter book) [see NAS Z 67/3]. He was a councillor and clerk to Neath Higher Parish Council. In 1900 he married Mary Elizabeth Thorburn. He died in 1951, aged 74

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  • Reference
    • GB 3167 NAS Z 67/2/hub
  • Language of Material
    • English

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