Hello to Piers, Lynne and Marg, An extremely big thank you to the three of you for your replies. Firstly Piers, you have given me hope in all of this, and I will be following up your web sites today. At least I now know that he was there for longer "than 5 minutes". I was wondering if the double entries in 1867 may have been that he was actually doing two jobs anyway. But I guess that depends on me finding if there was in fact 2 H Johnsons there at the same time. But thank you for all your effort and comments. I think that I have bashed my head against the well known brick wall for so long, that I have been unable to see the woods for the trees!! To Lynne, I will follow up on the Maritime Museum and make an appointment to go and see what records they may have. Thank you. To Marg, thank you for finding Robert - I do not have access to findmypast, but will send for that certificate, and never know what it might tell me he may well have been a brother that I do not know about. So, much to do today. Thank you all once again Jenni Woolard in a very cold southern highlands