hello there!
thanks for your reply, sorry to tell you this is the missing george's son. (as you said henry giles's step son - mary ann's third marriage)
i have already ruled this 13yrs old out.
george snr i think died in the bad weather that the north east coast had in october/november 1869, but i have been looking for the ship he was on for a number of years.
several ships floundered, 3 about 28th oct/ 4th novemeber with 31 souls lost.
tina