In Memoriam Card: Mary Ann Jones, Mona Brewery, [Llanfachraeth]

IN MEMORIAM CARD: Mary Ann Jones, Mona Brewery, [Llanfachraeth].

Born 1852.

Died 1870.

Also contains a photograph.

The Mona Brewery is situated at Llanfachraeth on the north- west coast of Anglesey, approximately three miles from the A5 road to Holyhead. The earliest reference to the Brewery is an 1836 baptism in the Calvinistic Methodists records. Thomas Williams, father of Mary, is a maltster at the Llanfachraeth Brewery. Production and ownership was in the hands of the Jones family for most of the period 1836 - 1895 John Jones is listed in the census as a brewer, together with his wife Margaret, both of Amlwch. By 1861 John Jones is still listed as the

maltster and brewer, together with his wife, three daughters and two sons. When the Llanfachraeth Board School was opened in March 1876, Mrs Margaret Jones of the brewery made a donation of £710. The death of John Jones in December 1870 came to represent an unfortunate watershed for the stability of the brewery and consequently the family. In 1880 Albert Allinson, an Englishman, was listed as Managing Director. Margaret Jones was still the brewer, together with a son, employed as a traveller and manager. Another son was employed as a gardener. She ran the brewery for 12 years after the death of John but in 1882 filed for bankruptcy. Margaret Jones died in August 1882 aged 63 years. There was some continuation of production after her death. In 1888 the business was taken over by D. Williams & Co. John Jones' eldest daughter, Sarah, had married David Williams and for a short time, they ran the Mona Stores, a retail outlet for the Brewery. No beer appears to have been brewed after 1895. In 1900 an auction took place and the brewery was sold. Terms of the sale included plans which were to turn the buildings into farm use, and stipulated no further brewing to take place.

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Compiled by Amanda Sweet Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/142/Mona.pdf

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