G'day Kath, have you looked at the Web Page Johnston/es in Australia/New Zealand http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnstonAustralia Don Johnton Melbourne AU Who's Johnston came to AU from Co Antrim, Dervock & Derrykeighan <Snip> -----Original Message----- From: kath [mailto:k_connors@austarnet.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2005 1:51 PM To: NIR-ANTRIM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Antrim] JOHNSON family Hi Robert, Our bloke was called a gentleman, he had a private income from Dudley in England 1852. (BUT) he was made come to Oz as he was an embarrassment to them at home. Kath. N S W > (note) Thomas Johnson is recorded on Elizabeths death cert.Melbourne, 1902 > as beng a "Gentleman" . Any clues ?. <Unsnip> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.5/67 - Release Date: 9/08/2005