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Thanks for your reply.  I had all but given up on locating you.
How are you connected to John Windsor senior if I can call him that?
I assume you saw my earlier comments. I only discovered my convict heritage in November 2016

"A Van Diemen's Land convict of mine, one John Windsor, has seemed to bob up in Invercargill briefly between 1874-1881. I found his move mentioned in his wife's death notice in Launceston in 1884 and then found just 3 electoral records for him but thus far not other NZ records for him. He died in Launceston in 1891.
Ann Windsor death:
 Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899)    Mon 16  Jun 1884
WINDSOR— On 15th June, at her residence, Charles-street, Ann, wife of Mr. John Windsor, of Invercargill (formerly of Launceston), in her 58th year, Invercargill and Melbourne papers please copy

Some ideas please of where else I may search?
I noted from Ann's funeral notice that John is said to be in Invercargill! I have found a JW in a Dee Street , Invercargill in 1874-1875 Census, in 1878 he is said to be in Section 4, block 19 Invercargill , and finally in 1881 he is described as a bellman in Invercargill. If i assume its ours as there is no other . I wonder what the story was . He died in Launceston in 1891 so what was he upto?

Ps just found a link in NZ to a lovely engraving of a bellman so its more like the definition I found online as bellman being like a town crier rather than the hotel bellhop: see http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42603

The family had lots of changes of name. Phyllis Frances Barnett was almost certainly born as Fanny Solomons to Rachel . Her sister Jessie Barnett was my paternal grandmother. A sister Betty Barnett, also unmarried is buried at Edmonton, North London with a headstone Betty Barnett(Solomons) her mother is there also as Rachel Simmons/Simons, but had been Rachel Koshobrodski, and prior Rachel Solomons, and née Grabiner/Grabina.Jessie is buried also at Edmonton no headstone. A brother Percy Barnett is the informant on these burials, but he appears to be bornIsaac Solomons! As Rachel had only one son and 3 daughters that’s where I am at.
Just trying to find Phyllis/ Fanny Barnett at 6 Grayling Road in 1939. 

John Windsor, a life of one of my four Van Diemen’s Land convict ancestors.
Sory posted large update cannot see how to delete  this last update (I meant to PM Lucy2)

Thanks Janette for the quick replies. I corrected my earlier query to have electoral records instead of Census.  The 1866 article is interesting... I wonder if he indeed is mine?