Griffith J Griffiths: Betws twinned with Hollywood
Griffith Jenkin Griffths was born on the 4/1/1850 at Penybryn farm, Bettws to Morgan and Margaret (nee Jenkins) Griffiths. In 1866 when Griffith was 16 he left Wales and took a ship to the U.S.A., America was still suffering from the after effects of its bloody Civil War. When Griffith landed in New York he knew no one,…