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It is understood that the Bible was donated to the library in 1956 by Mrs P J Aurelius of the Beech Tree Hotel, Ystrad Mynach.
Evan and Elizabeth brought up their family within the framework of strict christian principles in the church, where he himself was a lifelong Sunday school teacher." (Leyshon, p35).
Evan re-married and the family moved to Ffos-yr-Hebog farm near Deri in the parish of Gelligaer." (Leyshon, p35).
EvanJames (also known by the bardic name Ieuan ap Iago) (1809-1878), a weaver and poet from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, wrote the lyrics of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau ("Land of my Fathers"), the national anthem of Wales.
According to family legend, his son, JamesJames, was walking one day in January 1856 on the banks of the river Rhondda and the melody for Hen Wlad fy Nhadau came to him.
A memorial to EvanJames and his son, in the shape of two figures representing the muses of Poetry and Music, stands in Ynys Angharad Park, Pontypridd.
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