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Elias Owen (1833–1899)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1833-12-02</span>)</span>2 December 1833<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a>, Wales</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">19 May 1899<span style="display:none">(1899-05-19)</span> (aged 65)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Llanyblodwel" title="Llanyblodwel">Llanyblodwel</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Culham_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Culham College">Culham College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Margaret Pierce</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1858)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">13, including <a href="/wiki/William_Pierce_Owen" title="William Pierce Owen">William</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elias_Owen_(footballer)" title="Elias Owen (footballer)">Elias</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Morgan-Owen" title="Morgan Morgan-Owen">Morgan Morgan-Owen</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Morgan-Owen" title="Hugh Morgan-Owen">Hugh Morgan-Owen</a> (nephew)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rev. <b>Elias Owen</b> MA, <a href="/wiki/F.S.A." class="mw-redirect" title="F.S.A.">F.S.A.</a> (2 December 1833 – 19 May 1899) was a <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a> <a href="/wiki/Cleric" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleric">cleric</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antiquarian" title="Antiquarian">antiquarian</a> whose works include <i>The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd</i>, 1886 and <i>Welsh Folk-Lore</i>, 1896. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owen was born in <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire" title="Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</a>, probably in the village of <a href="/wiki/Llandysilio" title="Llandysilio">Llandysilio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birth,_childhood_&_education-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the third child and eldest son of James Owen (ca.1806–1886)<sup id="cite_ref-James_Owen_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Owen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Susannah Morgan (1805–1868).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a farmer and one of the first 12 constables in the <a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_Constabulary" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomeryshire Constabulary">Montgomeryshire Constabulary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Owen_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Owen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Owen was the father of at least 15 children, nine by his first wife, Susannah, and five by his second wife, Mary Morris (ca.1848–ca.1921).<sup id="cite_ref-James_Owen_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Owen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elias Owen married Margaret Pierce (1839–fl.1901) on 2 August 1858 at St. David's Church, the Welsh chapel in Brownlow Hill, Liverpool; she was the daughter of Eleanor and William Pierce, a quarryman.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had 13 children:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Edwin James Owen (1859–1928), who became the vicar at <a href="/wiki/Brithdir,_Gwynedd" title="Brithdir, Gwynedd">Brithdir</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Dolgelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolgelly">Dolgelly</a>, Merionethshire.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pierce_Owen" title="William Pierce Owen">William Pierce Owen</a> (1860–1937), who played international football for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>, making 12 appearances and scoring six goals.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later became a solicitor in <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Owen_(footballer)" title="Elias Owen (footballer)">Elias Owen</a> (1863–1888), who was the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Welsh</a> <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">goalkeeper</a> for three matches in 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took his own life, aged 25.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Thomas Edward Owen (1865–1932), who became the vicar at <a href="/wiki/Aberdaron" title="Aberdaron">Aberdaron</a>, Caernarvonshire and then <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Ffestiniog" title="Blaenau Ffestiniog">Blaenau Ffestiniog</a>, Merionethshire.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mary Owen (1866–NK), who emigrated to Australia or New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Susan Ellen Owen (1868–1940), who married William Greengrass who became headmaster at a school in <a href="/wiki/Shoreditch" title="Shoreditch">Shoreditch</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Margaret Ellen Owen (1870–1924), who married John James Jones who became curate at <a href="/wiki/Pwllheli" title="Pwllheli">Pwllheli</a> and then at St. Mary's, <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Gwynedd" title="Bangor, Gwynedd">Bangor</a>, Caernarvonshire.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lizzie Owen (1872–NK), who married Edward Wilde, a farmer of <a href="/wiki/Westbury,_Shropshire" title="Westbury, Shropshire">Westbury, Shropshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Myfanwy Owen (1877–1967), who married Albert Moss, a <a href="/wiki/Cunard" class="mw-redirect" title="Cunard">Cunard</a> ship's steward.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gwen Lily Owen (1879–1969), who married David Williams, a merchant who later operated a bus and coach company in <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Gwynedd" title="Bethesda, Gwynedd">Bethesda</a>, Caernarvonshire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sarah Louisa Owen (1881–1975), who married Arthur Harris, who was employed by the electricity board in <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Enid Owen (1882–NK), about whom little is known.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Lowry Morgan Owen (1884–NK), who emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> as a missionary.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/St_Asaph" title="St Asaph">St Asaph</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:31.818%;left:79%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Llanyblodwel"><img alt="Llanyblodwel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Llanyblodwel" title="Llanyblodwel">Llanyblodwel</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_location_map.svg" title="File:Wales location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Places associated with Elias Owen</div></div></div> <p>By the time he was six years old, the Owen family had settled in <a href="/wiki/Llanidloes" title="Llanidloes">Llanidloes</a>, about 35 miles south-west of <a href="/wiki/Llandysilio" title="Llandysilio">Llandysilio</a>. He attended the National School at Llanidloes, becoming a pupil-teacher; his occupation was given as such in the <a href="/wiki/1851_census" class="mw-redirect" title="1851 census">1851 census</a>, when he was aged 17 and living with his parents at Club Buildings, Lower Green, Llanidloes.<sup id="cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birth,_childhood_&_education-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won a scholarship to the Oxford Diocesan Training College for Schoolmasters at <a href="/wiki/Culham_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Culham College">Culham</a>, about eight miles south of <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, from where he qualified with first-class honours.<sup id="cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birth,_childhood_&_education-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1868, he enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a>, graduating with a BA in June 1871 and being awarded an MA in the spring of 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-TCD_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCD-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time, students were not required to attend lectures at the college and needed only to sit the end of term examinations; such students became known as "steamboat men".<sup id="cite_ref-TCD_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCD-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owen is said to have "carried off many prizes, more especially in divinity".<sup id="cite_ref-TCD_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCD-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teaching_career">Teaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owen's only teaching appointment was as headmaster of the National School at <a href="/wiki/Llanllechid" title="Llanllechid">Llanllechid</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Gwynedd" title="Bangor, Gwynedd">Bangor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Llanllechid_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llanllechid-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owen lived at Llanllechid from the mid-1850s until 1871;<sup id="cite_ref-Married_life_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Married_life-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during this time, he first developed his interest in antiquarian research. Together with the local vicar, John Evans, he explored the local mountains and mapped a Roman encampment on Moel Faban, on the lower slopes of <a href="/wiki/Foel-fras" title="Foel-fras">Foel-fras</a>. He subsequently created a map of the whole parish which was published in 1866 in the <i>North Wales Chronicle</i> and later, in a more elaborate form, in <i><a href="/wiki/Archaeologia_Cambrensis" title="Archaeologia Cambrensis">Archaeologia Cambrensis</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Llanllechid_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llanllechid-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His explorations and maps were referred to in an article by Col. <a href="/wiki/Augustus_Lane_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus Lane Fox">Augustus Lane Fox</a> published in the 1870 <i>Journal of the <a href="/wiki/Ethnological_Society_of_London" title="Ethnological Society of London">Ethnological Society</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, researchers from the nearby <a href="/wiki/Moelyci_Environmental_Centre" title="Moelyci Environmental Centre">Moelyci Environmental Centre</a> made use of Owen's map during investigations into local hill-fort sites.<sup id="cite_ref-Llanllechid_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llanllechid-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clerical_career">Clerical career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Clerical career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owen was ordained as a deacon by the Bishop of Bangor in 1871, and in 1872 he was ordained as a priest.<sup id="cite_ref-Ordination_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ordination-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1871 until 1875, he was curate at St. Gwynnog's church, <a href="/wiki/Llanwnnog" title="Llanwnnog">Llanwnnog</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Caersws" title="Caersws">Caersws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ordination_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ordination-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also resident in Caersws at this time was the poet <a href="/wiki/John_Ceiriog_Hughes" title="John Ceiriog Hughes">John Ceiriog Hughes</a>, who had been stationmaster at Llanidloes between 1865 and 1870 before, in 1871, becoming station-master at <a href="/wiki/Caersws_railway_station" title="Caersws railway station">Caersws</a> and superintendent of the newly opened line from Caersws to the <a href="/wiki/Van,_Llanidloes" title="Van, Llanidloes">Van</a> lead mines.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hughes was buried in St. Gwynnog graveyard in 1887.<sup id="cite_ref-Ordination_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ordination-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1875, Owen was appointed to the curacy of Holy Trinity Church, <a href="/wiki/Oswestry" title="Oswestry">Oswestry</a>, for a year before being appointed Diocesan Inspector of Schools for <a href="/wiki/St._Asaph" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Asaph">St. Asaph</a>. While serving as an inspector, he lived in <a href="/wiki/Llanfwrog,_Denbighshire" title="Llanfwrog, Denbighshire">Llanfwrog</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ruthin" title="Ruthin">Ruthin</a>, Denbighshire.<sup id="cite_ref-Ordination_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ordination-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1881 he was vicar of St. Michael's church at nearby <a href="/wiki/Efenechtyd" title="Efenechtyd">Efenechtyd</a><sup id="cite_ref-Efenechtyd_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Efenechtyd-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but continued to be an inspector, before giving up both roles in 1892 when he became vicar of <a href="/wiki/Llanyblodwel" title="Llanyblodwel">Llanyblodwel</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ordination_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ordination-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> On resigning his post as Diocesan Inspector, the local clergy and school managers presented him with an illuminated address, which had a photograph of St. Asaph cathedral at the head, a view of the parish church at Efenechtyd at the foot, and Owen's portrait in the margin. The teachers and parents also presented him with an address.<sup id="cite_ref-Appreciation_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appreciation-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>The North Wales Chronicle</i>:</p><blockquote><p>Both addresses pay a touching tribute to the sincerity with which Mr. Owen carried out his work, and speak of the esteem in which he was held. . . Mr. Owen as an antiquary and author enjoyed an extensive and well-deserved reputation.<sup id="cite_ref-Appreciation_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appreciation-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>At Llanyblodwel, Owen became vicar at the church of St. Michael the Archangel, which had been rebuilt in 1855 to designs by its then-vicar, Rev. John Parker.<sup id="cite_ref-Llanyblodwel_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llanyblodwel-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owen oversaw the addition of half an acre to the churchyard on land donated by the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Bridgeman,_3rd_Earl_of_Bradford" title="Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford">Earl of Bradford</a>. He also enlarged the school at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Porth-y-waen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Porth-y-waen (page does not exist)">Porth-y-waen</a> by converting the schoolmaster's house into an extra classroom.<sup id="cite_ref-Work_in_Llanyblodwel_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Work_in_Llanyblodwel-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Welsh_Folk-Lore"><i>Welsh Folk-Lore</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Welsh Folk-Lore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> During his years as a school inspector, Owen travelled throughout the diocese visiting and inspecting schools. As explained in the preface to <i>Welsh Folk-Lore</i>:</p><blockquote><p>It was his custom, after the labour of school inspection was over, to ask the clergy with whom he was staying to accompany him to the most aged inhabitants of their parish. This they willingly did, and often in the dark winter evenings, lantern in hand, they sallied forth on their journey, and in this way a rich deposit of traditions and superstitions was struck and rescued from oblivion.<sup id="cite_ref-Welsh_Folk-Lore_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welsh_Folk-Lore-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In this way he collected a vast amount of material which he was able to supplement with material supplied by his brother Elijah, who was a vicar in Anglesey, and several other churchmen.<sup id="cite_ref-Welsh_Folk-Lore_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welsh_Folk-Lore-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This material was assembled by Owen and formed the basis of an essay he presented to the 1887 <a href="/wiki/Welsh_National_Eisteddfod" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh National Eisteddfod">Welsh National Eisteddfod</a>, held in London. The essay won a prize of a silver medal and £20. The essay was later revised and published under the title <i>Welsh Folk-Lore. A Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales</i> in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-Welsh_Folk-Lore_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welsh_Folk-Lore-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cost of the publication was funded by nearly 200 subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-Welsh_Folk-Lore_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welsh_Folk-Lore-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book opens with a long description of <i>The Origin of the Fairies</i> or "Y <a href="/wiki/Tylwyth_Teg" title="Tylwyth Teg">Tylwyth Teg</a>", explaining that the name means "the Fair Tribe", who were "spoken of as a people, and not as myths or goblins, and . . . are said to be a fair or handsome race." (p. 3) </p><p>Among the other stories recounted in the collection are those of: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buwch_Frech" title="Buwch Frech">Y Fuwch Frech</a> ("The Speckled Cow") which was said to give milk to "any one. . . in want of milk" until a witch milked the cow dry. The cow then left, plunging into a lake together with her two children. (p. 130)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag_of_the_mist" class="mw-redirect" title="Hag of the mist">Gwrach y Rhibyn</a> ("Hag of the Mist") who was supposed to reside in the dripping fog, but was seldom, if ever seen. It was believed that her shriek foretold misfortune, if not death, to the hearer. (p. 142)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llangernyw_Yew#Legend_of_the_Angelystor" title="Llangernyw Yew">Angelystor</a> ("Recording Angel") an ancient and malign spirit who inhabited the church yard of <a href="/wiki/Llangernyw" title="Llangernyw">Llangernyw</a>. Every year, at Halloween its voice could be heard foretelling the names of parishioners who were to die the following year. One Halloween, a local man, Siôn Ap Rhobert, challenged the existence of the spirit only to hear his own name called out. He died within the year. (p. 171)</li> <li>The "wicked Ghost" which haunted the rectory at <a href="/wiki/Llandegla" title="Llandegla">Llandegla</a> and was eventually exorcised by a man named Griffiths from <a href="/wiki/Graianrhyd" title="Graianrhyd">Graianrhyd</a>. The spirit was said to have been buried in a box under a large stone in the <a href="/wiki/River_Alyn" title="River Alyn">River Alyn</a> close to Llandegla's bridge. (p. 199)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owen was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Powysland_Club" title="Powysland Club">Powysland Club</a>, serving on its committee for some time. He was joint-editor and a regular contributor to the society's journal, <i><a href="/wiki/Montgomeryshire_Collections" title="Montgomeryshire Collections">The Montgomeryshire Collections</a></i> between 1871 and 1899. The club had been founded in 1867 as a society of antiquarians from the <a href="/wiki/Welshpool" title="Welshpool">Welshpool</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Antiquarian_works_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Antiquarian_works-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 1886, he published his major single volume work, <i>The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the preface, Owen explained the background to his works:</p><blockquote><p>Wales teems with folklore of great variety and interest, and in the grave of the aged, as one after the other leave us, is buried for ever some tale of by-gone days, which we wish had been retained. The writer hopes that he has rescued a few of these tales from oblivion.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Owen also edited <i>The Works of the Rev. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Griffith_Edwards_(poet)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Griffith Edwards (poet) (page does not exist)">Griffith Edwards</a></i> published in 1895. Edwards (also known as "Gutyn Padarn") was a fellow graduate of Trinity College, Dublin who became curate at <a href="/wiki/Minera" title="Minera">Minera</a>, Denbighshire and then rector of <a href="/wiki/Llangadfan" title="Llangadfan">Llangadfan</a>, Montgomeryshire. His literary works included poetry in Welsh and English and numerous articles in periodicals.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was also elected a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London" title="Society of Antiquaries of London">Society of Antiquaries of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owen died on 19 May 1899, aged 65; he was at work in his smoking room at <a href="/wiki/Llanyblodwel" title="Llanyblodwel">Llanyblodwel</a> on <i>The Holy Wells of North Wales</i> when he collapsed; by the time a doctor had arrived, he had died without regaining consciousness.<sup id="cite_ref-Death_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Death-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the inquest, the cause of death was found to be a <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_haemorrhage" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerebral haemorrhage">cerebral haemorrhage</a>, or "apoplexy", probably a stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquest_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquest-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Owen is commemorated in the church of St. Michael the Archangel at Llanyblodwel with a stained glass window of the Good Shepherd and St Michael; underneath the window is a brass plaque with the inscription:</p><blockquote><p>To the glory of God and in memory of Elias Owen MA, FSA, vicar of this parish 1892–98, Diocesan Inspector of Schools 1876–1892, author of The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd and Welsh Folk Lore &c. This window and tablet are dedicated by his many friends in this diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-Llaniblodwel_commemoration_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llaniblodwel_commemoration-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> His gravestone bears the inscription: "We all do fade as a leaf".(<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a> 64:6)<sup id="cite_ref-Llaniblodwel_commemoration_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Llaniblodwel_commemoration-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Owen_(priest)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Birth,_childhood_&_education-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birth,_childhood_&_education_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_01.php">"Birth, childhood & education"</a>. <i>Elias Owen (1833–1899)</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Elias+Owen+%281833%E2%80%931899%29&rft.atitle=Marriage&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_03.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_00.php">"Elias Owen (1833–1899)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Elias+Owen+%281833%E2%80%931899%29&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_00.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_26.php">"Edwin James Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Edwin+James+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_26.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15802">"William Pearce Owen (sic)"</a>. www.eu-football.info<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=William+Pearce+Owen+%28sic%29&rft.pub=www.eu-football.info&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eu-football.info%2F_player.php%3Fid%3D15802&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_35.php">"William Pierce Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=William+Pierce+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_35.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15792">"Elias Owen"</a>. www.eu-football.info<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Elias+Owen&rft.pub=www.eu-football.info&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eu-football.info%2F_player.php%3Fid%3D15792&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_52.php">"Elias Owen (son of Elias)"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Elias+Owen+%28son+of+Elias%29&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_52.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_53.php">"Thomas Edward Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Thomas+Edward+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_53.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_62.php">"Mary Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Mary+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_62.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_63.php">"Susan Ellen Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Susan+Ellen+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_63.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_65.php">"Margaret Ellen Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Margaret+Ellen+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_65.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_69.php">"Lizzie Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Lizzie+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_69.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_70.php">"Myfanwy Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Myfanwy+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_70.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_71.php">"(Gwen) Lily Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=%28Gwen%29+Lily+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_71.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_74.php">"Sarah Louisa Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Sarah+Louisa+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_74.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_75.php">"Enid Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=Enid+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_75.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_75.php">"John Lowry Morgan Owen"</a>. <i>Owen children</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 November</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Owen+children&rft.atitle=John+Lowry+Morgan+Owen&rft.aulast=Cholerton&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owen.cholerton.org%2F05_elias_75.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElias+Owen+%28priest%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TCD-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TCD_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TCD_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TCD_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCholerton" class="citation web cs1">Cholerton, Moira. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_05.php">"Elias & Elijah & TCD"</a>. <i>Elias Owen (1833–1899)</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Owen</a><br />(1833–1899)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Timothy Morgan Owen<br />(1843–1924)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" 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