MR. ROBERT PRITCHARD. RACINE, WISCONSIN.
Odid yr ymwelodd yr un pregethwr â Racine a Pike Grove, yn ystod y deugain mlynedd diweddaf, na ddaethant i adnabyddiaeth â Robert Pritchard, Garthdderwen. Dyna ydoedd enw ei breswylfod yn Penygroes, Sir Gaernarfon, a dyna yr enw a roddodd ar ei dyddyn rhyw dair milldir i'r De orllewin o Racine.Daeth i'r wlad hon yn 1842; ac felly yr oedd, yn un o'r sefydlwyr Cymreig cyntaf yn y rhanbarth hwn o'r Dalaeth. Mor ychydig yw nifer pioneers y sefydliad yn awr! "Y tadau, pa le y maent hwy?" Nid yn aml y cynysgaeddwyd neb â chyfansoddiad corfforol cryfach na'n hybarch dad, a mwynhaodd iechyd da hyd y cystudd a ddaeth i'w ran yn niwedd ei ddyddiau. Tarawyd ef a'r parlys ryw bryd yn y gwanwyn diweddaf, ac ni allodd lefaru yn hyglyw byth wedi hyny. Ac yn Gorphenaf 18fed, 1882, bu farw, wedi dyoddef cystudd trwm am rai misoedd, wedi cyrhaedd 82 mlwydd oed. Cyrhaeddodd oedran teg, a bu farw yn gyflawn o ddyddiau.
Traddodwyd pregeth angladdol un o'r Sabbothau canlynol i'w gladdedigaeth, oddiar Mat. xxv. 21. Wedi ymdrin ar ffyddlondeb i grefydd mewn gwedd gyffredinol, cymhwyswyd yr ymadrodd "gwas da a ffyddlawn" at gymeriad crefyddol yr hybarch dad ymadawedig.
Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd ~ Ionawr 1883.
PRITCHARD PARK, RACINE, WISCONSIN.
Robert Pritchard arrived in Racine in late 1842, having left his home in North Wales to find a better life in America. He brought with him eight of his 10 children, leaving his wife and other two sons to follow later. Pritchard purchased 100 acres of land in Mount Pleasant and built a home there, christened "Garth Dorwen" after their home in Wales. Twenty four acres of that original site was donated to Racine County by Pritchard's grand daughter, Ginevra Williams, for use as a park. Pritchard helped organize and was one of two original deacons of the Welsh Congregational Church. His children and grandchildren have since spread throughout Wisconsin, the United States and Canada. Pritchard died in the home of his son, Hugh, in 1882.The Racine Journal Times 18th July 1882.
MR. ROBERT PRITCHARD. RACINE, WISCONSIN.
At 1.15 o'clock this afternoon Robert Pritchard died at the residence of his son, Hugh Pritchard, corner of Washington Avenue and Eleventh Street, in the 82nd year of his age, of paralysis and Bright's Disease, after a long and painful sickness.Robert Pritchard was born in Wales in 1800 and came to this city in 1842, consequently was one of the oldest citizens here. He was widely known and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves four sons to mourn his death and a large number of friends. The funeral will occur from his late home, corner Washington Avenue and 11th street, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.