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1826/9 ?Griffiths of Maenclochog had a son called Stephen who in 1841 was living above a stable with a  workmate Mathais Morris at Llandilo, (West Maenclochog) . In 1851 he is a Lodger with the Lewis family living at 30 Brown Street, Higher Hamlet, Maesteg.  Stephen marries  1849 ? to  Elizabeth Williams (born1826) and while living at  53 Bowrington Street, (Neath road) they have 4 children John 1852 Anne 1854/6 Margaret 1857 Mary 1860 they move to 59 Commercial Street and have their 5th child, Sarah 1863.
This is the Mary (born 1860) who when living at  4 Temple Street, gives birth to  William Griffiths 5th October 1880 .(father unknown) .  Mary gives up the child to he sister Anne (or Annie) , who is married to David Thomas and from then on is brought up as William Thomas (with his first cousins as adopted siblings)  Elizabeth A 1877 Sarah 1879 John 1882 Stephen1884  Susannah 1887 Margaret 1891 David Joseph 1897. Living at 9 Station Street, and
later to Shoemaker Row, and to 31 Castle Street , Maesteg.  William goes on to marry Martha Matthews .
What happens to Mary Griffiths, William's birth mother I have not found . She is not found living with her widowed father or siblings.