Re. The surname Chandler think I have mentioned before somewhere but my paternal Grandmothers pre marital name was Chandler and think or so the story went her Father or someone else in family was master on a Windjammer. As they were nearly all large familys in those days, the brood would have spread far and wide. I suppose Chandler is a fairly common surname and as far as I know were all brought up in the Blyth area of NE England. Your story very interesting though and shows you never judge a person by his looks, and first impressions are seldom correct. Or in the correct terminology never judge a book by its cover. Cheers JS