Hi Lesley & Minuet, I have been following this confusing trail with interest. It occurred to me that a lot of time and effort has gone into the NAMES involved. Has anyone tried to list the NUMERALS of the dates to see if they disclose any anomalies? It is so easy to transcribe a date wrongly or read it wrongly when it is in handwritten script. Just an idea but it may reveal where a further error may lie. Kind regards, John Chapman Werris Creek. First Railway Town in Australia.