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January Sunday 3 R M Williams Cricieth, Wil Terfyn calls in
the evening. Shift the stop has broken down. Monday 4 Hunting with Dick and his ferret, caught
three rabbits. Shift. Tuesday 5 - Hunting with Dick caught four rabbits.
Shift. Presented Williams (the minister) with the gift at Pisgah Chapel. Wednesday 6 Shift. Thursday 7 Rain all day. Pay £2-14/4d. Shift. Friday 8 Shift. EW misses. Saturday 9 Williams has a gift at the School. Sunday 10 No chapel. Wind and rain all day. Monday 11 Shift. Parry misses a quarter. Tuesday 12 Shift. Had a letter from Nel saying that
she was ill. The last Fellowship meeting with Williams. R Owen, William Jones,
Mary Tyn Gamfa, Catherine Refail and Margaret, Maria, Eliza, Barbera, Catherine
Owens, Kate Jane Hughes, the maid from Meillionydd and I are present. Wednesday 13 Shift. Hugh Jones Trip dies at 92. Thursday 14 Shift. Williams preaches at Tan y Foel
before going to America. John 3 3-5 verse. Friday 15 Shift. Saturday 16 Shift. The Sheepdog Trials Committee
give Williams a leaving present of £5 at the School. Sunday 17 Collection at school 1/-. Neven at 2.
Night shift. Monday 18 Hugh Jones Trips funeral. E Williams
and I collect money for the Belgians 14/3. Shift. Tuesday 19 Shift. An unknown ship is anchored at
Graig Ddu. Dick and Rolant Tyn Cae lose a ferret. Wednesday 20 -No work. Thursday 21 Shift. Griffith Ty Rhedyn finds the two
ferrets. Friday 22 Shift. E Williams has lost a lot. Go home
at supper time. Saturday 23- Go to Abererch to see Isaac. Williams the
minister goes to Llandudno by train at four from Pwllheli. Sunday 24 Merfyn Jones at 2. Fine day a little ice. Monday 25 Shift. Had a letter from Nel to say that
she has recovered. EW tipping in the afternoon. Tuesday 26 Shift. EW tipping and Im with the
tram. Wednesday 27 Shift EW tipping and Im with the
tram. Thursday 28 Shift Evan Williams tipping. Friday 29 Shift. Saturday 30 Shift. Inaugurated the policemen of
Rhiw (watchmen for the coastguard) Owen Owens, Tyn Fron, Carreg Lefain and I,
Richard Roberts, Big Thomas, Pwllmelyn, Evan Salfur, John Talafon, Jones the
School or Dewyrth as he is known. Sunday 31 WG Hughes. Shift at 6. February Monday 1 Shift. Tuesday 2 Shift. Wednesday 3 Shift. Thursday 4 Shift. Pay £2-15/- Friday 5 Shift. EW misses. Saturday 6 Went to Graig Ddu to fetch wood.
(driftwood) Sunday 7 No minister. No school. Rain. Monday 8 Shift. Parry misses. Went to get the wood
with T Hugh Garth. Tuesday 9 Shift. Went to Garth to fetch the wood. Wednesday 10 Shift. Went to fetch wood. Thursday 11 Shift. Paid £2-6/- to Evan cooperative. Friday 12 Shift. Sent a letter to Nel. Sack for the
hens. Saturday 13 Shift. Went to fetch wood to Garth. Hugh
came here to get maize. Sunday 14 The hospitals collection at 6. Hugh
Hughes, Cricieth at 6. Night shift starting at ten. Monday 15 Shift. Put a new shaft on the pump at Nant. Tuesday 16 Night shift. Wednesday 17 Shift. Thursday 18 Shift. EW misses half. Friday 19 Shift. Pay £2-15/-. Paid for my shoes at
Sarn. Saturday 20 Sent a letter to Nel. Sunday 21 Had a cold so didnt go to chapel.
Edward Joness son preaching at Pisgah. Monday 22 Shift. Tuesday 23 Shift. Wednesday 24 Shift. Mother and Dick have gone to
Pwllheli to buy two shafts for the cart. Wil Penclawdd misses. EW misses to go
to town to elect a new minister. Thursday 25 Shift. Parry misses a quarter. Wil
misses a whole shift. Friday 26 Shift. Saturday 27 Shift. Sunday 28 Night shift. March Monday 1 Shift. Tuesday 2- Shift. Wednesday 3 Shift. Mother goes to Pwllheli to buy
piglets. Thursday 4 Had a letter from Wil Ty Fry. Shift. Friday 5 Shift. Pay £2-7/- Saturday 6 - Went
to gather gorse at Brynfran when I got up, then went with John Parry. Went to
Tyn Gamfa to take EW his money. Ty
Fry stays the night. Sunday 7 Collection at school.
Eliza and I go with Ty Fry to Abersoch to see Capt. Henry Parry
(Elizas father, who lived on his schooner in the harbour) Monday 8 Started digging the garden. Had a letter
from Williams in America. Tuesday 9 Shift. Parry misses. Wednesday 10 Shift. Parry on a day rate. Thursday 11 Shift. Had a letter from William Clwt y
Bont from Essex. Friday 12 Half shift. Dick comes to fetch me to see
to the ewe. Had a letter from Nel. Saturday 13 At tyn Gamfa with the ewe. Pwllmelyn and
Mari Ffor buy the lambs. Sunday 14 No chapel, no preacher. Eliza keeps watch
with Ellen Llawenan who is gravely ill, she dies. Griffith Jones Groeslon also
dies. Shift. Monday 15 Shift. Tuesday 16 Shift. Wednesday 17 Shift. Dick goes to town to buy coal. Thursday 18 Griffith Jones Groeslons funeral.
Snow showers. Pay £2-1/4d. Sent a letter to William Clwt y Bont. Friday 19 Shift. The funeral of Ellen Llawenan. Saturday 20 Went to Syntyr to fetch hay. Went to
load the Katherina at three. Sunday 21 Esiah 13 2-2. Monday 22 Finished loading the Katherina 207 rounds.
Planted potatoes. Tuesday 23 Shift. Wednesday 24 Shift. Thursday 25 Shift. The rope on the pump breaks down. Friday 26 Shift. Saturday 27 Shift. Sunday 28 - Meeting of Horeb school WG Hughes Cricieth
questions. Shift. Monday 29 No work the place is flooded. Tuesday 30 No work. Wednesday 31 Shift. Had a letter from the South. April Thursday 1 Shift. Pay £2-8/7d. Friday 2 Shift. Finished planting the border, rain
later. Saturday 3 Rain and mist. Sent a letter to Wil Ty
Fry to Glasgow. Docked the tail of the mare at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 4 Choose two to inspect E Hughes and W Jones
for the meeting of Sunday schools. Monday 5 Went for corn for the hens, feed and hay
from Tocia Bach. Tuesday 6 Shift. Wednesday 7 Shift. Thursday 8 Shift. Friday 9 Went to Tan y Ffordd to furrow. Auction at
Tir Felin. Rain. Saturday 10 Shift. Went to Tir Felin to fetch hay in
the afternoon. Sent a postcard to Nel. Rain. Sunday 11 Collection in school 4d. Prayer meeting at
6. Three soldiers from Bodwyddog were at the chapel at 6. Monday 12 Shift. Tuesday 13 Shift. Wednesday 14 Shift. Thursday 15 Shift. Friday 16 Shift. Pay £2-10/-. Saturday 17 Finished planting potatoes. Went to
meeting at the School. Paid for painting Tan y Foel MC chapel. Sunday 18 Jones Owen Dinas. Monday 19 Shift. Tuesday 20 Shift. Wednesday 21 Shift. Sent a letter to the South. Thursday 22 Shift. Mother sent eggs to the South.
Had a letter from the South. Friday 23 Shift. Had a letter from Nel to say she
had been ill. Saturday 24 Shift. Sent a letter to Nel. Heavy rain. Sunday 25 Mostyn Jones at 2. Shift. Monday 26 Went back, expecting a ship. Richard and
Lewis filling for three quarters. Tuesday 27 Loading the Elizabeta 73 rounds. Wednesday 28 Shift. Eliza and Bob go to Chester to
bury John, the son of my Uncle William. Thursday 29 Letter from Chester. Shift. Friday 30 Loading Katherine, starting at 5pm 23
rounds. Pay £2-10/-. May Saturday 1- Went down by 5 am, the ship doesnt come
to the pier. Rain. Sent a letter to Eliza in Chester. Sunday 2 Prayer meeting. Monday 3 Loading Katherine, two hundred less two
rounds. Three quarters in the level, I was filling for half. Tuesday 4 Shift two filling all day. Wednesday 5 Shift two filling all day. Thursday 6 Shift. E Williams and I filling all
afternoon. Germany has sunk the SS Lusitania
1500 have drowned. Friday 7 Shift. R Jones and W Evans filling, Lewis
and I in the afternoon. Sam puts new pipes in the pump. Saturday 8 Shift. Sunday 9 R Williams at 6. Night shift. Monday 10 Shift. Tuesday 11 Shift. EW misses. The cow has a calf. Wednesday 12 Shift. Thursday 13 Went to the fair. Friday 14 Shift. Pay £2-8/7d. Saturday 15 Drill with the Big Gun 2/6d. Sunday 16 Collection at school 10/-. Prayer meeting.
Heavy rain at night. Monday 17 Ellis W Davies and Hugh Pritchard are at
the School wanting people to enlist. Shift. Robert Syntyr, Griffith Tyn Lon and
Sams boys start. Rain all day. Tuesday 18 Shift. Fine day weeded the hawthorn on
the hedge. Wednesday 19 - Shift.
Expexting a ship. The lads loose half of Tuesday night. Isaac (son) goes to get
his trunk. Thursday 20 Shift. Friday 21 Shift. Saturday 22 Loading the SS Elizabeta 62 rounds. Sunday 23 WJ Morris
Neven at 6. Shift. Monday 24 Loading Agnes Ellen. Tuesday 25 Shift. Wednesday 26 Shift EW goes to town. Eliza has gone
to town to buy new clothes for me. Thursday 27 Strong dry wind. Friday 28 Finished digging the late potatoes. Shift.
Collected sand eels. Pay £2-11/- Saturday 29 Brought
in the net caught three bass and two plaice. Strong dry wind. Sunday 30 Jones Rhiw at 2. Monday 31 Loading the Catherine 46 rounds. June Tuesday 1 Shift. Wednesday 2 Shift. EW looses a hammer. Thursday 3 Shift. Friday 4 Shift. Saturday 5 Shift. Sunday 6 Vacant Sunday. Night shift. Monday 7- Went to Tan y Ffordd to weed the potatoes in
the morning. Shift. Tuesday 8 Shift. Dry weather. Wednesday 9 Shift. Thursday 10 Went to the singing festival at
Aberdaron. Friday 11 Shift. R Evans is ill. Pay £3-0 6d. Saturday 12 Washed the sheep at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 13 WG Hughes the last time. School meeting at
Tan y foel. Monday 14 Shift Hugh Griffith and Robert Evans miss
because of shearing at parc Plas Newydd. Tuesday 15 Shift. Hugh Jones filling. EW misses half
to wash (dip) the sheep. Wednesday 16 Shift. EW goes home at 9 am to shear
the sheep. Dry weather. Thursday 17 Loading Agnes Ellen 58 rounds. Friday 18 Shift. Saturday 19 Shift. Went to Efailnewydd to look for a
bike for Isaac. Sunday 20 Ismael Evans at Horeb. Night shift. Monday 21 Loading SS Florence 360. The bees take
flight. Tuesday 22 Took the bees to Meillionydd. Shift. Wednesday 23 Rain. Shift. Thursday 24 Shift. Friday 25 Heavy rain. Isaac is sleeping here.
Finished banking up the potatoes at Tan y Ffordd. Shift. Pay £2-15/11d. Saturday 26 Went to fetch the boat from Pencaerau. Sunday 27 Vacant Sunday. H H Cricieth didnt turn
up. Monday 28 Shift last stamp on a card I had in
January 1915. Tuesday 29 Shift. Wednesday 30 Shift. EW and Hugh Garth go home to
carry hay. July Thursday 1 Home putting the door in place. RE has
gone to deliver the fatted lambs. The bees are swarming for Rowland. Friday 2 Shift. Saturday 3 Shift Rain. Sunday 4 Mostyn Jones at 2. Eliza goes for a walk to
Tan y Ffordd. Slept for a long time and missed school. The bees take flight from
Penarfynydd hive. Monday 5 Shift. Tuesday 6 Shift. Wednesday 7 Shift. Thursday 8 Shift. Friday 9 Shift. Pay £2-16/-. Saturday 10 Went to fetch the boat from Porth Ysgo
to take it to Rhiw. Went to Efailnewydd to get the bike for Isaac, cost £5-15/-. Sunday 11 Humphries Llanbedrog. Monday 12 Shift. Tuesday 13 Shift. Wednesday 14 Shift. Thurday15 Shift. Missed a quarter slept late. EW
misses. Friday16 Mr Evans Llanfair is here. Went to
Meillionydd to work with the bees there. Saturday 17 Shift. Fishing with Owen Owens and Nedw.
The fox has been to Brynfran. Sunday 18 Jones Rhiw at 2 and 6. Shift EW misses. Monday 19 EW misses. Tuesday 20 Shift. Wednesday 21 Shift. The oil engine gets started
again, the oil pump had broken down. Thursday 22 - At Tan y Ffordd repairing the wall near
the hovel. Shift. Friday 23 Shift. Pay £2-16/- Saturday 24 Fishing. Sunday 25 Neven at 2. Prayer meeting at 6, Evans
Llanfair is here. Monday 26 Shift. Hugh Jones and William filling in
the morning and Sam and R Evans in the afternoon. Tuesday 27 Shift. Wednesday 28 Shift. Thursday 29 Half morning. Loading, SS JK Monk.310
tons. Friday 30 Missed the first quarter. EW misses. Saturday 31 Shift. Put the sails on the big boat,
caught 8 mackerel. August Sunday 1 Tyddyn school meeting. Jones Rhiw at 2. Monday 2 Shift. Tuesday 3 Shift. Wednesday 4 Shift Thursday 5 EW starts at supper time. Friday 6 Shift . Pay £2-19/-. Saturday 7 Went fishing in the morning with O Parry,
RE and Dick, got soaking wet. Sunday 8 RJ Parry Holyhead his circuit is Penygroes,
at 10. Monday 9 Went with the motor (bus) to Llandudno. Tuesday 10 Lost a quarter. EW lost a day. Wednesday 11 Shift. Thursday 12 Shift. Friday 13 Shift. Saturday 14 Shift. Moved the sheep to Tanymuriau. Sunday 15 Jones Rhiw at 2. Shift. Monday 16 Shift. Fishing caught 80 mackerel. EW has
been to ffatri. Tuesday 17 Missed a quarter. Fishing caught another
80 mackerel Wednesday 18 - Lost
a day waiting for the steamer. Thursday 19 Sheepdog trials. Lost a day. Friday 20 Loading SS Catherine 50 rounds. Pay £2-4/7d. Saturday 21 Fishing Nedw, RE and I caught three
score and ten plus ten!! Sunday 22 Prayer meeting 2 and 6 . Fine day Bob
Berch calls. Monday 23 Loading the Agnes Ellen 59 rounds. Cut the
barley at Tan y Ffordd. Tuesday 24 Shift. Wednesday 25 Shift. Letter from the South. Dick and
the children go fishing with Isaac Meillionydd. Thursday 26 No work, Eliza is ill all night. Friday 27 Shift. Saturday 28 Shift. Fishing with Nedw, RE , RH and
Thomas Syntyr. Sunday 29 W J Morris Neven. Shift. Monday 30 Loading the SS Florence 69 rounds. Tuesday 31 Shift. Williams misses a quarter to take
the cow to the bull. Fishing Robert Evans and I catch 200 mackerel. September Wednesday 1 Shift. Isaac comes home with a sore
throat. Thursday 2 Shift. EW misses. Pay £1-13/5d (paid for
candles) Friday 3 Shift. Saturday 4 Fishing with Dick and John Owen MA. Went
to fetch the bird from Brynllan. Sunday 5 Martyn Jones at 6. Monday 6 Shift. H Jones in the morning. Tuesday 7 Shift. Wednesday 8 Shift. Thursday 9 Shift. Friday 10 Half. Began loading the SS JJ Monk.
Association at Pwllheli. (chapels) Saturday 11 Began at 6 finished loading at 10 62
rounds. Carrying wheat at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 12 Jones Rhiw at 2. Prayer meeting at 6.
Shift. Monday 13 Shift. Tuesday 14 Shift. Wednesday 15 Shift. Eliza and mother have gone to town. Thursday 16 Shift. Pay £2-12/1d. Evan Pig y Parc
gets killed on the bridge at Llangwnadl. Friday 17 Shift. Saturday 18 Went to Nant at 10 to wait for a ship.
The Big Gun at 2pm 2/6d (coastguard) Very hot day. Sunday 19 R Williams Cricieth at 2. Monday 20 Had a letter from the south. Tuesday 21 Shift. Wednesday 22 Shift. Thursday 23 Shift. Friday 24 Shift. Saturday 25 Shift. Auction at Ty Howel. Sunday 26 John Price Llanfyllin, Cricieth now, Shift
EW missed. Monday 27 Shift. Tuesday 28 Began picking late potatoes. Shift. Wednesday 29 Shift. EW missed, Robert, Parry and I
digging down. Thursday 30 Shift. Pay £2-19/6d.
October Friday 1 Loading the SS Maddie, 53 rounds. Began loading the Agnes Ellen. Saturday 2 No loading today the ship has gone away. Bag of feed from Talafon paid £1. Sunday 3 Shift. Monday 4 Shift. Tuesday 5 Shift. Wednesday 6 Shift. Thursday 7 Went to the auction at Trefaes with EW. Friday 8 Shift. Saturday 9 Shift. At Meillionydd with the bees. Sunday 10 Jones has gone home. Prayer meeting at 2 and 6. Shift. Monday 11 Shift. EW misses. Tuesday 12 Shift EW misses. Auction of Plas Newydd. Wednesday 13 Shift. Put a roof on the porch. Thursday 14 Fine dau. Auction at Crugerran. Shift. Pay3-16/6d Friday 15 Shift. Saturday 16 With the bees. Went to Llangwnadl to buy candles four packs. William Roberts sprains his foot. Sunday 17 Mostyn Jones. Monday 18 Thanksgiving. Eliza is sick. Tuesday 19 Shift. Auction at Ty Fair. Wednesday 20 Shift. Thursday 21 Shift. Funeral of Griffith Hirwaen the liberal member of the County Council. Friday 22 Shift. Saturday 23 Shift. The mare is put in the cart for the first time. Sunday 24 RO Humphrey . EW Misses a shift. Monday 25 Shift. EW misses. Prepared the stalls for the cattle. Tuesday 26 Working the gorse engine at Tan y Fforrdd. Wednesday 27 Shift. The mare breaks the shafts, whilst Mother and Dick are holding her. Thursday 28 Prayer beseeching Our Lord to bring an end to the war. Friday 29 Shift. Pay £2-18/2d Saturday 30 Made room for the heifer at Tan y Ffordd. Sunday 31 Jones Rhiw comes here from Mynytho.
November Monday 1 Shift. Tuesday 2 At tan y Ffordd putting a dividing wall in the pigsty. Dick goes to fetch the brindle heifer. Wednesday 3 Loading the SS Made.(Maddie?) 52 rounds. Thursday 4 Shift. Friday 5 Shift. Saturday 6 Shift. At Tan y Ffordd moving the heiffers stall in the second. Taook the old mill from Tyn Gamfa to Ty Croes Bach. Sunday 7 John Price Cricieth. Night shift. Monday 8 Shift. Tuesday 9 Shift. EW misses. Wednesday 10 Shift. Thursday 11 Went to the autumn fair. Friday 12 Shift. EW misses, heavy wind and rain. Pay £2-25/6d. Letter to W in the south. Saturday 13 Sunday 14 Evans Hebron at 2 and 6. Monday 15 Shift. Tuesday 16 Shift. EW misses. Wednesday 17 Shift. Mother brings a shovel from Pwllheli for me. Thursday 18 Shift. Eliza is ill with rheumatism Friday 19 Shift. Saturday 20 Shift.. Sunday 21 Shift. No chapel, Eliza is ill. Monday 22 Shift. Tuesday 23 Shift. Wednesday 24 Shift. EW misses and R Evans. Sian Grepach is buried. Thursday 25 Shift. Pay £3-4/8d. Friday 26 Shift. Saturday 27 - Shift. Sunday 28 New boy from Neven at 2and 6 . WO Jones at Tyddyn. Monday 29 Shift. Tuesday 30 Kate Ty Fry gets married. The brindle heifer at Tan y Ffordd has a calf at one in the morning.
December Wednesday 1 Shift. Thursday 2 - Shift. Bob has the measles. At Ty Croes Bach. Paid £1-15/- to Evan Llangwnadl. Friday 3 Shift. Saturday 4 Shift. Heavy rain in the afternoon. Sunday 5 No chapel, cold and wet. Shift. Monday 6 Sent a letter to the south. Tuesday 7 Shift. Wednesday 8 Shift. Thursday 9 Shift. Friday 10 Shift. Pay £2-13/6d. E Williams has lost a week of work. Went to Porth Llawenan. Saturday11 Morning off work. At Tan y ffordd putting the barley stack in the hay barn. Sunday 12 Jones Rhiw. Snowing today. Monday 13 Shift. Tuesday 14 Shift. Wednesday 15 Shift. Thursday 16 Isaac comes home from Meillionydd with the measles. Friday 17 Shift. Saturday 18 Shift. Hannah Rhiwlass funeral. Hugh Garth and I go to Llangwnadl to buy candles. Sunday 19 Mostyn Jones. Shift. Monday 20 Putting gravel on the Conion road. Mostyn is preaching at Pisgah tonight. Shift. Tuesday 21 Shift. Wednesday 22 Shift. EW misses. Thursday 23 Shift. Hugh Jones and I go to Porth Llawenan in the morning. Pay £2-10/4d. Friday 24 Half shift, Friday night. Hugh Jones and I go to Porth Llawenan after work. Saturday 25 Went to look for driftwood in the morning. Sunday 26 John Preis Cricieth. Monday 27 Last stamp on the insurance card. Strong winds and heavy rain. Shift. EW misses. My brother Thomas is here. My Aunt from Tany Bryn dies. Tuesday 28 Lost a quarter due to sleep. Wednesday 29 Shift. Thursday 30 Shift. Friday 31 Half a morning. Went to my aunt Tan y Bryns funeral. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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