Rev. Elias Owen MA, F.S.A. (2 December 1833 – 19 May 1899) was a Welsh cleric and antiquarian whose works include The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd, 1886 and Welsh Folk-Lore, 1896. Family Owen was born in Montgomeryshire, probably in the village of Llandysilio, the third child and eldest son of James Owen (ca.1806–1886) and Susannah Morgan (1805–1868). His father was a farmer and one of the first 12 constables in the Montgomeryshire Constabulary. 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). 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. They had 13 children: Edwin James Owen (1859–1928), who became the vicar at Brithdir, near Dolgelly, Merionethshire. William Pierce Owen (1860–1937), who played international football for Wales, making 12 appearances and scoring six goals. He later became a solicitor in Aberystwyth. Elias Owen (1863–1888), who was the Welsh goalkeeper for three matches in 1884. He took his own life, aged 25. Thomas Edward Owen (1865–1932), who became the vicar at Aberdaron, Caernarvonshire and then Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire. Mary Owen (1866–NK), who emigrated to Australia or New Zealand. Susan Ellen Owen (1868–1940), who married William Greengrass who became headmaster at a school in Shoreditch, London. Margaret Ellen Owen (1870–1924), who married John James Jones who became curate at Pwllheli and then at St. Mary's, Bangor, Caernarvonshire. Lizzie Owen (1872–NK), who married Edward Wilde, a farmer of Westbury, Shropshire. Myfanwy Owen (1877–1967), who married Albert Moss, a Cunard ship's steward. Gwen Lily Owen (1879–1969), who married David Williams, a merchant who later operated a bus and coach company in Bethesda, Caernarvonshire. Sarah Louisa Owen (1881–1975), who married Arthur Harris, who was employed by the electricity board in Coventry. Enid Owen (1882–NK), about whom little is known. John Lowry Morgan Owen (1884–NK), who emigrated to Chile as a missionary. Education By the time he was six years old, the Owen family had settled in Llanidloes, about 35 miles south-west of Llandysilio. He attended the National School at Llanidloes, becoming a pupil-teacher; his occupation was given as such in the 1851 census, when he was aged 17 and living with his parents at Club Buildings, Lower Green, Llanidloes. He won