For those interested Parents of Jessie Viola Faulk b 26 Dec 1901 or 1904 Ward One, Acadia Parish, LA d 13 Jul 1991 bur Ebenezer marr 22 Oct 1921 Acadia Parish to Clinton George Hoffpauir b 18 Jan 1897 Ward Six, Acadia Parish d 4 Jan 1977 Lake Charles bur Ebenezer Jessie Viola Faulk's parents are Nelson Faulk b 26 Oct 1879 d 25 Dec 1956 Lake Charles marr 23 Aug 1900 Acadia Par to Etta Lou Hoffpauir n Nov 1883 Ward Six, Acadia Parish. Nelson Faulk parents are Julius Cornelius Faulk b 1857 St Landry Par d 22 Aug 1904 Ebenezer bur Ebenezer marr 12 Aug 1875 St Landry Par to Mary Edilia Stutes b 27 Jan 1858 St Landry Par Etta Lou Hoffpauir parents are Isaac Seth Hoffpauir b Jun 1862 St Landry Par marr 29 Jan 1880 St Landry Par to Mary Louise Faulk b 20 Jul 1861 Ebenezer d 29 Nov 1837 Crowley bur Ebenezer Thus the children of Clinton Hoffpauir & Jessie Viola Faulk are descended from all 3 known children of Thomas Hoffbauer & Marie Charlotte Perillard Felton

Sharon, Oh, please, please post this in the Hoffpauir family circle on the Internet, and/or send me a photocopy!! I never dreamed it existed! This HOFFPAUIR-L list is just the greatest! Thanks to you and to everyone involved with it. Barbara Hill <bhill@uclink4.berkeley.edu> 858 Gelston Place El Cerrito, CA 94530 At 08:57 PM 03/02/2000 EST, DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: >Well, today's mail brought the heretofor promised recollections of "Dolly" >Lucinda Beulah Hoffpauir Mayo. What an absolutely marvelous collection!! It >is about 18 pages of single-spaced type. Has everyone already read this >wonderful family story? It tells of the family life of Francis and Melissa >as their children are growing up. > >Sharon, >granddaughter of Minnie Hoffpauir Griffin > > >

Original Message, Roy I am still not to great at this genealogy thing but could we be related on the Faulk side as well, my Grandmother was Jesse Viola Faulk Hoffpauir, who also had Hoffpauir blood in her lineage. Do we tie in somehow? Just interested. Rebecca (Becky) Hoffpauir Hanafin Here's the original msg above. Roy, I don't think any of us have seen Becky's question. Did she send a private e-mail to you? -- Charlie Hoffpauir I am not sure of her parents, she was born Dec 26, 1904. All I know is I can remember her talking about Hoffpauirs on her side. I also remember hearing her talking of Spells and Stutes, it all gets confusing because I never completely knew when she was talking of her kin or when she was talking of my Grandpa's Clinton George Hoffpauir, I think son of John Adam Hoffpauir. Becky Ok Becky, I don't have either of your grandparents in my database. But I do have John Adam Hoffpauir. He was the son of Asa Hoffpauir. I am decendend from Mary Eudora Hoffpauir Dailey. Making us 4th, 5th. 6th, and 6th cousins once removed cousins, according to Family Tree Maker's kinship report. That's just the Hoffpauir side. Does any one know who Jesse Viola Faulk's parents were? Becky, do you know whether they were from Ebeneezer or Indian Bayou communities. The bulk of my database deals with the Ebeneezer bunch of Faulks, Hoffpauirs, & Daileys. I also have some Stutes in my direct line, but no Spells. I believe that your Jesse Faulk may have been from the Indian Bayou area, which I am kind of weak in. But I am sure that some one around here may have something on them, so hang around a while. Roy

Well, today's mail brought the heretofor promised recollections of "Dolly" Lucinda Beulah Hoffpauir Mayo. What an absolutely marvelous collection!! It is about 18 pages of single-spaced type. Has everyone already read this wonderful family story? It tells of the family life of Francis and Melissa as their children are growing up. Sharon, granddaughter of Minnie Hoffpauir Griffin

Hello family, I have received a reply to my letter to Dr. Donald George, s/o Susan Ruth Hoffpauir George and Albert George. I would like to share parts of it with you all. I know that there has been some interest expressed in getting him to join this list, but he says that he's "not into computers yet, and I am just getting comfortable with my Word Processor." Some excerpts: "As Margie (Marjorie Mae Griffin King Young) has probably told you, she was just a baby when your grandmother, whom I knew as Aunt Minnie, died and my father and mother took her. I have always thought of Margie as my sister, though. My father and your grandfather, my Uncle Dan Griffin, were in Centenary College together, and both became ministers in the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist church. My father performed the wedding ceremony for your grandparents, and your grandfather (Daniel Griffin) performed the ceremony for my father and mother." "I've been told the Hoffpauir clan originally came to the US from the Alsace-Loraine area, that disputed territory between France and Germany, but I am not sure when. The name originally was Hofbauer, which in my German dictionary means "Peasant proprietor" or a land owning farmer." "The first Hoffpauir in our line appears to be a Thomas Hoffpauir who married an obviously French woman, Marie Charlotte Perrillard. This next is speculation. They may have been among those immigrating to Nova Scotia in mid to late 1700s and were among the acadians forceably evacuated to south Louisiana. A son Manoah Francois Hoffpauir was born in 1781, married Marie Charlotte Foreman. Their son, Manoah Hoffpauir married Magdalean Stutes from whom my Grandfather and your great Grandfather descended." Regarding the Francis Hoffpauir family speaking French in the home and the children not learning English until they went to school, he says this, "I never knew my Grandfather to have spoken French, however, but I am sure he knew some French from association." "I remember when Grandma Hoffpauir died, and I remember being told it was cancer of the liver. But from what we know about cancer today, it could have been widespread in the viscera. As to her birthday, I don't know if it was 1858 or 1859." For further information on the various lines of descendants, he gives Bradford Mayo, grandson of Claudius Herman Mayo, for the Mayo line. "The Mayos were more interested in genealogy than I am." He has given me Bradford's address. He gives Lamar Boulet as another source. About the descendants of Frank and Melisse: "Here is a list of your grandmother's siblings, though I don't know their birthdates, and some of them I know almost nothing about. Starting with the oldest. Nelson (never knew him) Emma (married ? Burkes, lived in Belcher, LA; one child that I know of, Mary Gray) Manoah (I met him one time) Marvin (I never knew him) Minola (Your grandmother) Irene (married Arthur McKinney, lived in Hosston, LA; he owned a drug store. Son Lamar, two daughters, Elsie and I forget the other) Ethel (I never knew her, but I vaguely recall meeting her once) Samuel and Susan Ruth (twins, born October 29, 1892) Lucinda Beulah (Dolly, who married Claudius Herman Mayo and lived in Lake Charles, LA)." He added a PS to tell me about a tape made by Helen Mayo about the Frank Hoffpauir family back in 1975. It is a kind of autobiography or recollections and he says he will send me a copy. Sharon Dulcich granddaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin

I am not sure of her parents, she was born Dec 26, 1904. All I know is I can remember her talking about Hoffpauirs on her side. I also remember hearing her talking of Spells and Stutes, it all gets confusing because I never completely knew when she was talking of her kin or when she was talking of my Granpa's Clinton George Hoffpauir, I think son of John Adam Hoffpauir. Becky -----Original Message----- From: Roy Williams <rtw914@bellsouth.net> To: HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com <HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:24 AM Subject: Re: Austin Dailey Clan >Becky, > >I don't have your grandmother in my database, yet. Maybe someone else >has. Who was her husband and her parents, do you know? > >Roy > >

Becky, I don't have your grandmother in my database, yet. Maybe someone else has. Who was her husband and her parents, do you know? Roy

If Nathan is from all three children, he was also related to Johanna Perry, I assume? I also am a triple decendent of Thomas Hoffpauir as I am sure many of you are also. My line looks like this: >Thomas, Thomas Henry, Purthemy Hoffpauir Perry, Johanna Perry Hoffpauir, Mary Eudora Hoffpauir, Austin Dailey, Isabelle Dailey Faulk, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, Roy Torrence Williams >Thomas, Francois, William H., Emmah Hoffpauir Faulk, Francis Faulk, Clarence Faulk, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, RTW >Thomas, Francois, John Hardy, Asa, Mary Eudora Hoffpauir Dailey, Isabelle Dailey, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, RTW >Thomas, Marie Amelia, Thomas Stutes, Amelia Stutes Dailey, Austin Dailey, Isabelle Dailey, Iola Vera Faulk Williams>RTW And that's just the Hoffpauir side, if anyone is interested, this is what the Faulk line looks like: >Luke Faulk, George, Benjamin, Walter, Edward,Sr., Francis, Clarence, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, RTW. >Luke, George, Benjamin, Walter, Arleaze Faulk Hoffpauir, Adelia Hoffpauir Faulk, Clarence, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, RTW Luke, Nancy Faulk Hoffpauir, Alfred Perry, Johanna Perry, Mary E. Hoffpauir Dailey, Isabelle Dailey Faulk, Iola Vera Faulk Williams, RTW Roy

Felton, By this, do you mean that Nathan can trace his ancestry to each of Thomas' 3 children? If so, that is really interesting. Would you post his genealogy lines, I've looked, but I don't think I have him in my database at all. FelMor@aol.com wrote: > > Roy > > Adam was a typo & thanks for the info on Kiefer Dailey. She was b 1909 marr > 19 Mar 1927 Acadia Par to Nathan Perry b 1 Nov 1906 Ward Five, Vermilion > Parish d 18 Jan 1971 Crowley bur Ebenezer Cem. I know of 3 children, Marie, > Opal Joyce & Faye. If anyone has more on this family please post. > Interesting note - Nathan Perry is a triple Hoffpauir Line descendent. > > Felton -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Charlie et all, This are the graves of James William Hoffpauir, his wife, Malenion "Ruby" (Faulk) Hoffpauir and their son, Haughton "Bob" Hoffpauir. Amy In a message dated 2/28/00 3:05:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, charlieh@wt.net writes: << Roy, The Malenion at Ebenezer has the following dates on the tombstone.... b. May 6, 1861 d. Jan 31 1910 (according to the book pub by Pointe de l'Eglise). If this had been Austin's first wife, I would have thought her name would have been under the Dailey name, rather than the Hoffpauir name. Also, according to the numbers assigned in taking the cemetery census, her plot is B-6-30. The graves on either side of hers are of William Hoffpauir (b. Mar 10 1858 d. Mar 15 1923) at B-6-29 and Houghton Hoffpauir (b. Apr 3 1880 d. 23 Mar 1960) at B-6-31. >>

Roy Adam was a typo & thanks for the info on Kiefer Dailey. She was b 1909 marr 19 Mar 1927 Acadia Par to Nathan Perry b 1 Nov 1906 Ward Five, Vermilion Parish d 18 Jan 1971 Crowley bur Ebenezer Cem. I know of 3 children, Marie, Opal Joyce & Faye. If anyone has more on this family please post. Interesting note - Nathan Perry is a triple Hoffpauir Line descendent. Felton

To all The 1870 census for Lafayette Parish lists what I read as the following 1034 1085 Hoffpauir George 35 Mary Ann 30 Elizabeth 16 James 14 Melaium 12 Mildred 10 Loranzo 8 Ellen 6 Jane 2 no Mary Eudora Hoffpauir is listed The 1880 census for Vermilion Parish list what I read as the following: 27 27 Hoffpauir George 43 Margrete 52 Malenian 17 Mildred 15 Ellen 13 Fredonia 11 Naamon 9 Sometimes the census takers interviewed neighbors rather than the actual family for info. Thus often the info is erroneous. Felton

There were two Malenion's who were born about the same time. The one at Ebenezer is probably the other one. I do not have my notes handy with me right now to see who she was. David ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie <charlieh@wt.net> To: <HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Austin Dailey clan > Roy, > > The Malenion at Ebenezer has the following dates on the tombstone.... > b. May 6, 1861 d. Jan 31 1910 (according to the book pub by > Pointe de l'Eglise). If this had been Austin's first wife, I would > have thought her name would have been under the Dailey name, rather > than the Hoffpauir name. > Also, according to the numbers assigned in taking the cemetery census, > her plot is B-6-30. The graves on either side of hers are of William > Hoffpauir (b. Mar 10 1858 d. Mar 15 1923) at B-6-29 and Houghton > Hoffpauir (b. Apr 3 1880 d. 23 Mar 1960) at B-6-31. > > Roy Williams wrote: > > > > Charlie, > > > > I am sure David Hoffpauir should be able to clear up Aunt Ruth's name > > question. Now if I could only find where Austin's first wife came from. > > I don't know if the Petry fellow is still living or not. All of > > "Samantha's" children were born prior to 1925, making the youngest about > > 75 years old. > > I know there is a Malenion Hoffpauir buried at Ebeneezer. Her grave is > > toward the church right next to the fence by the road. I have never been > > able to reconcile who she is. Is she Austin's first wife, or is it > > another Malenion? > > Will make a trip out to Ebeneezer soon and refresh my memory. > > Will also try to find Bob Faulk. He used to be a plethora of info on the > > Faulk's and Hoffpauir's. I haven't talked to him in several years. > > > > Roy > > -- > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ >

The name Adam should be Aaron. I have a photo of the seven children of Austin and Mary Eudora. My grandmother gave me the list of their names a number of years ago. My grandmother Ruth never legally had the name of Hazel but she started using it as she wanted another name. In fact, my Dad was showing me his birth certificate the other day, and it gives his mother's name as Hazel Ruth. As far as Eva is concerned, I think she was raised by someone else. I forgot who my folks told me it was. I may have it written down. Will try to find out. I think that Samantha (Mattie) and Alice were also raised by someone else. David L. Hoffpauir ----- Original Message ----- From: <FelMor@aol.com> To: <HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:40 PM Subject: Austin Dailey Clan > To all > > I am making the following changes to my files. I am dropping Pearl Daily and > Alma Richard Dailey as children of Austin Dailey. I had made a educated > guess as they gave their parents at marriage as A E Dailey & Carnezie or > Mazie with no maiden name. As Pearl was born in Ebenezer & since much of > Austin's family relocated to Calcasieu Parish at times, I made this > assumption. This is also where I got the E in Austin E Dailey. Another > guess as he had a first cousin Austin Edward Wagner. Seemed at the time to > fit. It helps if you actually know the people & not only use courthouse > records. However this still leaves 7 children for Austin Dailey & Mary Ann > Hoffpauir, to wit: Adam Eugene, Avery, Isabelle, Julia, Ruth, Rachel, & Iva > Mae. I do not know where I got Hazel in Hazel Ruth Dailey. However, I will > continue seeking the source. The 1900 census for Acadia Parish listed for > Austin Dailey family, Semantha b Nov 1884, Alice b Aug 1888, Aran b Feb 1896, > Avery b Feb 1898, Isabell b Nov 1899. It appears that Eva was either > deceased or married. > > Some of this old information from census are problems because often children > would live with aunts & uncles for short periods of times during economic > difficulties & times of difficult pregnancies. Names like Mary Ann, Melinda > Ann, Melissa Ann are often confused as many people could not read or write & > thus the names were spelled by the person recording them as they heard them > (Mariann, Meledian, Melissan, etc) They were later spelled more correctly by > those who were fortunate enough to receive an education. > > My great grand mother's name on her marriage is recorded as Civena Foreman > and her descendents say it was Sevanaugh Foreman, however she coud not read > or write so how could it be other than what was recorded. Another good > example is the name Dailey as it is most often spelled in Indian Bayou & > Ebenezer. It is also in the same family spelled Daily, Daley & Daly. The > problem came about because James Dailey from Hardin County, KY could not read > or write so a recorder could take his pick of spellings. It was Daly in Ky > where his father was literate. > > Now who are A E Dailey & Carnezie "Mazie" ? > > Thank for the help > > Felton >

All, OK, in my travels today, I found myself about 15 miles from Ebeneezer, so I stopped for a look see about Malenion. Yes Charlie, she was the wife of William Hoffpauir. Besides this, Malenion died in 1910, which is impossible for her to be Austin's first wife, seeing that he married Mary Eudora in 1894. While there I saw John Robert "Bob" Faulk. He and I walked the cemetery as he pointed out various relatives and related stories about each of them. Bob is 80 years old and has a great memory. He remembers all of the ancestors we are in quest of. Bob knows exactly where they fit the puzzle. I promised him that I would come back and spend more time with him and get as much info that he can give. I told him that I was coming back with a note pad, camera, and tape recorder. He laughed and said" come on, I'd be glad to help. " Although I have been to Ebeneezer many, many times over the years, it was really interesting to watch him slowly guide me through the cemetery to each of our ancestors. What a nice man. When I drove up he was pushing a wheel barrow picking up pine needles, with his faithful dog, Goldie. He doesn't look, nor act like he is 80 years old. I told him if he didn't watch out he would bury all of us. It looks like he has a number of years left in him so it wouldn't suprise me. He couldn't tell me about Austin's first wife but did remember Mary Eudora very well. He said her nickname was "Dora". Felton, Looking back on my last post I said that Austin and Mary Eudora had six children, my mistake, seven is correct. I am fairly sure that Aaron Eugene is the correct name that you have as Adam Eugene and as far as I know Iva had no middle name. The other thing to note is the 1900 census you quote. Austin had his first three children with Mary Eudora before 1900. Aaron 1896, Avery 1898, and Isabelle 1899. Which would coincide with his marriage to Mary Eudora in 1894. Of course Samantha and Alice were from his first wife, along with Eva. At sometime Eva had a daughter, apparently out of wedlock, I have her listed as Kiefer Dailey, she later married a Nathan Perry. Sorry this post is long and somewhat jumbled. Had to put all of this down before I forgot exactly what I learned. Roy P.S. Anyone interested in a picture of a particular headstone, let me know. I plan on returning to Ebeneezer and Indian Bayou soon to take photos of my lines, i.e.; Faulk, Hoffpauir and Dailey.

BTW, Charlie...I have not been able to put my hands on the floppy discs Charles sent me, will be looking for them (they were the old larger floppies, so I don't have a machine to process them anymore). I will get an email address for Charles when I see him in May, if you're still interested. Archie

In a message dated 02/28/2000 6:20:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, rtw914@bellsouth.net writes: << P.S. Anyone interested in a picture of a particular headstone, let me know. I plan on returning to Ebeneezer and Indian Bayou soon to take photos of my lines, i.e.; Faulk, Hoffpauir and Dailey. >> Roy, Please post whatever pictures you may take on the Hoffpauir Family Circle board at eCircles. Thanks a bunch, Sharon Dulcich

Roy, The Malenion at Ebenezer has the following dates on the tombstone.... b. May 6, 1861 d. Jan 31 1910 (according to the book pub by Pointe de l'Eglise). If this had been Austin's first wife, I would have thought her name would have been under the Dailey name, rather than the Hoffpauir name. Also, according to the numbers assigned in taking the cemetery census, her plot is B-6-30. The graves on either side of hers are of William Hoffpauir (b. Mar 10 1858 d. Mar 15 1923) at B-6-29 and Houghton Hoffpauir (b. Apr 3 1880 d. 23 Mar 1960) at B-6-31. Roy Williams wrote: > > Charlie, > > I am sure David Hoffpauir should be able to clear up Aunt Ruth's name > question. Now if I could only find where Austin's first wife came from. > I don't know if the Petry fellow is still living or not. All of > "Samantha's" children were born prior to 1925, making the youngest about > 75 years old. > I know there is a Malenion Hoffpauir buried at Ebeneezer. Her grave is > toward the church right next to the fence by the road. I have never been > able to reconcile who she is. Is she Austin's first wife, or is it > another Malenion? > Will make a trip out to Ebeneezer soon and refresh my memory. > Will also try to find Bob Faulk. He used to be a plethora of info on the > Faulk's and Hoffpauir's. I haven't talked to him in several years. > > Roy -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

To all I am making the following changes to my files. I am dropping Pearl Daily and Alma Richard Dailey as children of Austin Dailey. I had made a educated guess as they gave their parents at marriage as A E Dailey & Carnezie or Mazie with no maiden name. As Pearl was born in Ebenezer & since much of Austin's family relocated to Calcasieu Parish at times, I made this assumption. This is also where I got the E in Austin E Dailey. Another guess as he had a first cousin Austin Edward Wagner. Seemed at the time to fit. It helps if you actually know the people & not only use courthouse records. However this still leaves 7 children for Austin Dailey & Mary Ann Hoffpauir, to wit: Adam Eugene, Avery, Isabelle, Julia, Ruth, Rachel, & Iva Mae. I do not know where I got Hazel in Hazel Ruth Dailey. However, I will continue seeking the source. The 1900 census for Acadia Parish listed for Austin Dailey family, Semantha b Nov 1884, Alice b Aug 1888, Aran b Feb 1896, Avery b Feb 1898, Isabell b Nov 1899. It appears that Eva was either deceased or married. Some of this old information from census are problems because often children would live with aunts & uncles for short periods of times during economic difficulties & times of difficult pregnancies. Names like Mary Ann, Melinda Ann, Melissa Ann are often confused as many people could not read or write & thus the names were spelled by the person recording them as they heard them (Mariann, Meledian, Melissan, etc) They were later spelled more correctly by those who were fortunate enough to receive an education. My great grand mother's name on her marriage is recorded as Civena Foreman and her descendents say it was Sevanaugh Foreman, however she coud not read or write so how could it be other than what was recorded. Another good example is the name Dailey as it is most often spelled in Indian Bayou & Ebenezer. It is also in the same family spelled Daily, Daley & Daly. The problem came about because James Dailey from Hardin County, KY could not read or write so a recorder could take his pick of spellings. It was Daly in Ky where his father was literate. Now who are A E Dailey & Carnezie "Mazie" ? Thank for the help Felton

Charlie, I am sure David Hoffpauir should be able to clear up Aunt Ruth's name question. Now if I could only find where Austin's first wife came from. I don't know if the Petry fellow is still living or not. All of "Samantha's" children were born prior to 1925, making the youngest about 75 years old. I know there is a Malenion Hoffpauir buried at Ebeneezer. Her grave is toward the church right next to the fence by the road. I have never been able to reconcile who she is. Is she Austin's first wife, or is it another Malenion? Will make a trip out to Ebeneezer soon and refresh my memory. Will also try to find Bob Faulk. He used to be a plethora of info on the Faulk's and Hoffpauir's. I haven't talked to him in several years. Roy