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/rw/SNE.2ACIB/1243 Message Board Post: Looking for any help to trace Charles Blackburn who came to New Zealand in 1877. Charles born 1857 Brixton, Surrey. He married in 1880 here in New Zealand to Jane Hensley. Jane and Charles had one son John Blackburn 1881 and Jane died in 1885. I simply cannot find any trace of Charles birth or death for that matter. Brixton, Surrey was place of birth on shipping and marriage records but nothing else. This is where I got his age also. My Grandfather John was bought up by his mother's family following her death. It is not known where Charles disappeared to. Any help would be most appreciated. Lorraine