Dear Listers, This is Part Five of how my brick wall fell recently. Remember we had a gender contradiction for Francis in the 1841 and 1851 census returns? They said FG was a girl and IGI said FG was a boy. How could the census be wrong twice? We could check the 1861 census, but it was thought that WFG was already on his way to OZ by then. More on this later. My friend Graham is a member of Genes Reunited (http:// www.genesreunited.co.uk/) and I didn't know a thing about it at that stage. Incidentally, it is well worth the $20AUD for a year's subscription, especially if you have British ancestors. Graham did a search for Francis GOODHEW and came up with Eric. Sure enough Eric was looking for the same family as Josephine. Eric's great- grandmother was Ellen GOODHEW, the next older sister of my Francis. Graham wrote to Eric and referred him to me. Eric sent me images of birth certificates of Ellen and Francis. Much to my surprise (and delight) the birth date for Francis was 8 Sep 1840, exactly the date I had been told (but I didn't know by whom). This was a crucial breakthrough. If nothing else, I now had found another third cousin in the UK. The other thing was that the certificate clearly showed was that Francis was indeed male. His birth place was Hoo, Kent. Eric has since sent me photos of his GGM, Ellen, and we have been studying them carefully to discern any family resemblance. Now, let's look at the Naval Service issue. WFG's obituary clearly states that he was involved in the Indian Mutiny. A search of the Internet revealed that there is a site that lists the medal recipients from that conflict. There was a William GOODHEW, but he was from the 12th Lancers (Prince of Wales's) Regiment. Army, not the navy?? This list was compiled by one, Kevin Asplin. I wrote to Kevin and he replied saying that he had also written a book on the 2nd China War. In it he had a Francis GOODHEW and that ships sent to the Indian Mutiny of the time were often sent on to the China War. Kevin told me that this Francis Goodhew was born in Hoo, Kent in March 1840 and he was a Boy in the crew of HMS Nankin during the campaign. He was later transferred, back in England, to the depot ship HMS Victory moored in Portsmouth Harbour in 1859. Francis was on board the HMS James Watt in June 1862 when his medal was sent. This ship was also paid off on that date and he would have been free to join a civilian ship. Notice that the birth date conflicts with what we now know was his true birth date of 8th Sep 1840. I believe FG told a white lie about his age to enable him to enlist in the Royal Navy six months earlier than he should have! Are we getting closer, or what? More to come ... Ron Goodhew, Adamstown.