This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hawaiistomnd Surnames: Goodrich and Estilette Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.goodrich/76.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is an old post but just in case you have not found your answers: Homer was born: Dec 1860 in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Date of death is being researched by the Genealogical and Historical Society in Crowely, Louisiana. The 1920 census has Marie Alfreda as a widow living alone with Elmer. So he died sometime between 1904 and 1920. All of the children were born in Crowley, LA. I need more information on Audome Vaussine. spouse: Marie Alfreda Estilette 1866 - 1954 and children: Audome Vaussine Armand Goodrich 1885 - Lottie Goodrich (last married name Stanley) 1888 - 1962 Arthur Butler Goodrich 1890 - 1966 Alfred Wallace Goodrich 1892 - 1933 Maurice "Morris" Goodrich 1894 - 1968 Lillian Goodrich 1896 - 1986 Frances Goodrich (Russell) 1897 - Elmer Goodrich 1904 - 1937 Homer's parents were: Alfred B Goodrich 1821 - 1891 Eliza Angenette Patch 1825 - 1886 Lottie Goodrich was my great grandmother. The Estilette branch is several generations on into Germany. That name changed once the family came to America. It is German, not French. Great, great Grandma Marie Alfreda Goodrich always claimed to be a half breed Cherokee. A cousin and I are doing a maternal mtDNA test to prove or disprove that remark. If true it would mean that her mother Marie Sidonese Guidroz Coulon Devilier may have been adopted into the Guidroz family. The Estilettes were German. In ancestry.com the tree is Goodrich Family Tree owned by hawaiistomnd. It goes a many generations. My name is Carolyn. My id in ancestry.com is hawaiistomnd which stands for Hawaii State of Mind. I lived there. I live in Texas now. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.