This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackburn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SNE.2ACIB/1151.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather is William Alexander Blackburn Jr. and his parents were William Alexander Blackburn Sr and Periwinkle Ianthe Creft. Both William Sr. and Periwinkle came over to the NY/ Springfield, MA area from Grenada.