Solomon Owen

Solomon Owen c1878, donated by J.A.Jones

Solomon Owen was born in 1835 near Harlech in a farmhouse called Byrllysg. He was a Wood Sawyer at Boston Lodge, living at what is now either No.1 or 2. His employment there began before 1865 (and he was still there in 1901). He married Margaret, the sister of works Superintendent, William Williams. He died in January 1902 and is buried in the churchyard of Nazareth Chapel, Penrhyndeudraeth.

He had a son William Owen who became a Festiniog Railway Station Master.

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