Solomon Owen
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 after June 1863 and before July 1865 (as recorded in the PAYS). He married Margaret, the sister of works Superintendent, William Williams. He worked at Boston Lodge for the rest of his life, dying 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.