This is all the information I have on the parents James and Catherine. I have bits and pieces on their 12 children,
Edward Gray Blanford was born 1840 and died 30 August 1840
James Blanford was born 18 July 1841 in Bow Common England and Died 29 October 1925 He married Mary Ann Gore
Henry was born 28 October 1844
George was born 11 August 1846 in Bow Common England and died 27 March 1920 in Petone Wellington New Zealand he married Emma Bustin
William Blanford was born 29 March 1848 in Bow Common England and married Eliza Mary Bull on 17 November 1888 in Wellington New Zealand They had 2 children Archibald William (born 26 August 1893 Wellington NZ) and Gladys Amelia (born 1890 in Wellington NZ)
Mary Anne was born 21 January 1850
Alfred Blandford was born on 11 November 1851 in Bow Common England
Emma Blanford was born 14 April 1853 in Bow Common England
Caroline Blandford was born 29 July 1855 and died 18 July 1929 She married Charles McCarthy
Louisa Blandford was born 19 April 1857 in Bow Common England and married Thomas Marshall on 05 February 1876, Thomas Marshall was born 27 May 1850 in Stepney London England
John Blandford was born 13 July 1859 in Bow Common England and Married Agnes Louisa Thomson on 01 January 1884, Agnes Louisa Thomson was born 1863 at Bow Common England
Sarah Blandford was born 02 May 1861 in Bow Common England and married John Benjamin Dalton on 24 December 1885, John Benjamin Dalton was born 1857 at Bow Common England