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Hi...........I am well aware of a lot of information to do with Thomas Alfred Blinkhorne. 
I am a Gt Grand-daughter of Sarah Newson who was meant to be Alfred Newson's daughter.
28 Jan 1877 Church of St Matthews, Masterton.  Yes I knew who fosteed him and he used to drive the Cobb and Co Coach, once for the Right hon. Richard Seddon.  He lived in Wanganui and I believe he may be buried at Aramoho Cemetery.  He had a brother by the name of Robert Newson who was a rabbit hunter in lived in Taihape.  Sarah, their sister lived in Bulls, and Foxton.  She had two spouses, 1. Charles Frederick Langdon and the other Charles Dawson. Years ago, I met up with a lady in Te Awamutu (wear I live) by the name of Mrs Wright, who was a daughter Thomas Blinkhorne  She told me a lot of stories about him. Robert is buried in Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North, so is Sarah Dawson.  There was a sister Susannah, but I have never been able to trace her.
I know the kites were involved somewhere along the line and I have noticed that wthere are Blinkhornse buried in NZ with the Kite name as a second christian name.
I was searching on the net yesterday and it so happens that my Charles Frederick Langdon was AKA WEBB........I will have to find that article again.....the plot thickens!  If anyone knows anything about the WEBB family or what happened to Susannah, wouldn't we be ever so lucky to hear from them.  Samblink - keep in touch!

I find this all rather extraordinary but in the least not at all surprised!
Smith again!  Charles Frederick's father was George Langdon and married Elizabeth SMITH.
That family's details are very vague also, as in changing names to suit their lifestyle.
The poat thickens but the searching does not stop at that!...........
I almost think that these peope.....Langdon and Newson knew each other in London.
Charles Frederick was a baker in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.NEWSON

Charles set up as a baker, operating a business at Tory Street, Wellingtont in 1890  It is not clear whether he actually owned the business or whether he worked for someone else, at the time.
There seems to be a bit of a mystery.  Later on in years, there was a baker operating in Wellington by the name of Hart Langdon. I think There were Hart family/neighbour connections in England and I still believe that
this gentleman was related or even in fact was Charles Frederick.

I may think that I am going off track here a bit, but the langdon family and the Newson family have so much in common....... and running away from something!

Thanks for the information..
I will stay in touch.

Yes we realize that she would have had to have been 106 years........BUT I wouldn't take any notice of all  the ages that you have found, because they are all wrong, even names were wrong.
I wish I could discuss this on a easier forum, as there is just too much to discuss.
I have also found a KITE marrying a BLINKHORNE, in nz, which adds to the marvels of wonder.
Are you actually connected to this family history or are you researching for John?
Everytime Sarah had a child, she was a differenct age....eg sometimes her young child had a younger mother then her older child.  It is a real scramble.  Do you have more information to do with Sarah's sisters and brothers?  Thomas died in Wanganui and Robert is buried in Palmerston NOrth at Kelvin Grove, same as his sister Sarah......re Sarah Dawson.

I can remember all the details as being inconsistent.  Every child, when it was born, the mother's age seemed different.  When Sarah died, she died in 1964.  email me ^(*)
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I stumbled over this same problem when looking for the Langdon family, who had a Inn there call the Joiner's Arms.  Things like this really complicate life for Genealogists!