Thomas Griffiths, Jr

Thomas Griffiths, Jr (b. Nov 1818), the oldest known son of Thomas and Eleanor Griffiths, was born at Cefn Coed, Gwynfil, Cardiganshire and baptized on 2 Dec 1818.

At the start of 1851, he was working as a drover and living with his widowed mother, and then in Jul/Aug/Sep 1851 he married a Hannah Lewis (b. c1826), who was born to Micah and Elizabeth Lewis in Gorwydd, Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire. About a year later he and Hannah had a daughter Elizabeth (b. 1 Jan 1852, Gorwydd). By at least 1861, he was working as a Grocer and Draper and living with his small family in Llanddewi Brefi. Since Hannah's father Micah was a shopkeeper, it appears that Hannah and Thomas inherited the store after the death of her parents. [Note: Micah Lewis died in Jan/Feb/Mar 1859. In the 1859 Slater's Directory there was a Anna Betha Lewis Grocer, Draper, and Saddler in Trgaron; Anna Betha may be Micah's wife Elizabeth.]

Thomas and Hannah disappear from the census records after 1861, so it is uncertain if they were just not counted, or had died or moved. One thing is certain, however, their names were not listed as Tregaron grocers in the 1868 Slater's Directory.