Penhelyg, 43 William Street, Goodna

Believed to have been built in 1896 for the first owners Edward Samuel Thomas and his wife Marion. E. S. Thomas and Marion Robertson French had married on 13 December 1892. They had five children: Margaret Mary Thomas (born 1894); Marian May Thomas (born 1895); Edward Samuel Thomas junior (born 1897), Jessie Blodwin Thomas (born 1903); and Annie Isabella Thomas (born 1911). 

The home was named for the the village in Wales from which Edward migrated. A busy member of the community, he owned the first bakehouse and shop in Goodna.

In 1899, John Robertson French was the assistant grocer in E. S. Thomas and Co., (store) at Goodna.

Edward was a Justice of the Peace, pastor of the Goodna Congregational Church, Chair of the Goodna Town Band, President of the Goodna Band of Hope, and he was in the Rose of Denmark Lodge and he  was a Councillor on the Moreton Shire Council.

He died at the age of 66 at Goodna on 25 August 1933. He had lived in the area for 39 years. Marion died in Brisbane on 18 May 1952. She was buried in the Goodna Cemetery on 20 Mary 1952.

A square plan, single storey house, Penhelyg is an example of Victorian architecture and detailing.