1841 census living with his parents Griffith and Ann Hughes (nee Griffith) age 7
1851 census His father has died, an he is aged 17, a quarryman, and living with his widowed mother
1861 census. Moved to Ffestiniog
1871 census
1881 census in Llanddeiniolen. Innkeeper at "Prince of Wales Inn" Tabernacle St, Ebenezer