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He George Fletcher Holmes took the name Fletcher not because he liked his stepfather better but because his stepfather got him Into boiler - making at cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour
( ship building) . He and his brother went back and forward crewing on boats as boilermakers to San Francisco a few  times before his marriage to my great grandmother Margaret. May have been to visit siblings and Father. It could have been William Fletcher who came with children on the “ Sarah Abigail”

Thanks a lot Ken, I cant get into Find my Past - not a member.  5.00 pounds doesnt sound a lot but in 1820 I understand it would have been worth about 450 pounds, certainly enough to buy a house and start a business.  His son came to Australia as a convict a few short years later.  Sad they would have never seen him again.   Very surprised with England in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars that he didnt serve overseas thought that they would need "diggers" etc. rather than swanning it back home in Woolwich while his compatriots gave their life in the War.  Believed the need for "all hands on deck" must have meant that he was left home for a reason.   Would he have lived at those Impressive Woolwich Barracks I remember photographing years ago?  Thank you for your help on this one.

Would anyone be kind enough to look up John Dykes who join in the late 1800's and was posted in Greenwich.  Any info on him would be great. Thanks

Any chance of finding out where she was buried or do I need the death certificate to see if she was cremated.  Appreciate the help. Cheers Carol

Thats the one Ambly, thank you so much.  I remember now it was P. H.  (you saw the names.)
Cheers from Oz. Carol.