On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:51:53 -0700, Penny Holt <pennyholt@shaw.ca> wrote: >Also, what about Nehemiah's occupation? He's a pensioner with the RN, >all right. But after that it looks like it says 'Green'. From what I >know about Nehemiah EVANS, he was always at Portsea, never Greenwich, so >I don't think it's that. A Greenwich Pensioner implies that he had been awarded a pension from the RN via Greenwich Hospital - not that he lived in Greenwich - see the following URL on my website : http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Navy_List_1879/Pensions_Ratings.html Regards Paul 50.33.50N 02.26.70W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html