• Her father was a sea captain who drowned in South America before he had seen his daughter. • 1916: She married John Watkin-Jones. • 1919: The couple moved to Merthyr Tydfil after World War I. • 1920: Elizabeth returned to Nefyn when her husband was appointed as a headteacher there. • 1939–49: She won many prizes at the National Eisteddfod for novels, stories and short plays for children. • 1946: Her book, ‘Luned Bengoch’ (Red-haired Luned) is published. • 1947: ‘Onesimus’ and three other short plays are published. • She contributed often to the publications ‘Tywysydd y Plant’, ‘Trysorfa’r Plant’, ‘Y Winllan’, ‘Cymru’r Plant’, ‘Yr Athro’, and especially to the comic ‘Hwyl’. • She wrote many scripts for BBC children’s programmes, and short plays. • 1951: ‘Lowri’ in ‘Storïau Ias a Chyffro’ is published. • 1953: ‘Pwt a Moi’ is published. • She published seven novels or historical stories for children, namely ‘Plant y Mynachdy’, ‘Luned Bengoch’, ‘Y Cwlwm Cêl’, ‘Y Dryslwyn’, ‘Esyllt’, ‘Lois’.
‘She started to write stories in English for children’s publications, such as “Chicks’ Own”, “Bubbles”, and “Fairyland Tales”, before she turned to writing in Welsh.’– Bedwyr Lewis Jones, Dictionary of Welsh Biography