Felton, I also have a problem with placing Austin Dailey's first wife as a child of George Hoffpauir. I have a son of his (George and Mary Ann) family as James Hoffpauir, born in abt 1858 and listed in the family in the 1860 census, but there is no mention of any other child by the name of Melinda Anne, or anything like that, at about that age. I notice that Roy Williams thinks that Austin's first wife was an older sister of Mary Eudora.... I also think that might be so but can find nothing substantual as proof. Roy, I have Aunt Ruth (who I only knew by the name Ruth also) listed with a possible first name of Margery.... that's the way she is in the book updated by Buddy Hoffpauir.... and her first child was named Margery Ruth Hoffpauir. I assume that she or another family member submitted it that way. I've never heard of Hazel either. FelMor@aol.com wrote: > > I have some additional info for those interested in the immediate family of > Hazel Ruth Dailey > > Her father is Austin E Dailey b 28 Mar 1862 St Landry Parish (prob near > Ebenezer) d 29 Feb 1928 Acadia Parish bur Ebenezer Cemetary. He 1st married > Melinda Anne Hoffpauir b 1858 St Landry Parish (prob near Ebenezer d Aug 1892 > Acadia Parish. Her parents are George Hoffpauir & Mary Ann Hoffpauir. Their > children are: > > 1. Somentha Dailey b 16 Nov 1885 Ebenezer d 30 Dec 1929 bur Ebenezer marr 15 > Dec 1909 Vermilion Parish to Ernest Clinton Petry > 2. Alice Dailey b 1 Aug 1888 Ebenezer d 6 Dec 1956 bur Indian Bayou Cemetary > 1st marr 17 Sep 1903 Vermilion Parish to John Felix Harrington 2nd marr 18 > Feb 1922 Vermilion Parish to Robert Hartman > 3. Eva Dailey b Jul 1892 Ebenezer > > Austin E Dailey 2nd married 1 Mar 1894 Acadia Par to Mary Eudora "Mazie" > Hoffpauir b 24 Sep 1874 Acadia Par d 23 Sep 1943 Orange TX bur Ebenezer > Cemetary. Her parents are Asa Hoffpauir & Johanna Perry. Their children are: > > 1. Aaron Eugene Dailey b 5 Feb 1896 Ebenezer d 25 Jan 1955 bur Jett > Cemetary, Pinehurst, Orange Co, TX marr 17 Dec 1915 Acadia Par to Maude Perry > 2. Avery Daily b 25 Feb 1898 Ebenezer d Mar 1950 bur Evergreen Cem, Orange > TX marr 18 Sep 1918 Orange Co, TX to Mary Edna Hoffpauir > 3. Isabelle Dailey b 27 Sep 1899 Ebenezer d 11 Nov 1955 bur Ebenezer Cem > marr 13 Dec 1917 Crowley to Clarence L Faulk > 4. Julia Dailey b 30 Oct 1901 Ebenezer d 18 Dec 1993 marr 6 Jul 1922 > Ebenezer to Martin Calvin Picket > 5. Hazel Ruth Dailey b 25 Feb 1906 Ebenezer d 3 Feb 2000 Lake Charles bur > Prien Memorial Park Cem, Lake Charles marr Jan 1922 La to Travis Benson > Hoffpauir > 6. Rachel Faye Dailey b 13 Nov 1907 Crowley d 10 Dec 1971 Crowley bur > Ebenezer 1st marr 16 May 1925 Acadia Par to Haywood Faulk 2nd marr 24 Oct > 1931 Acadia Par to Peyton Merle Stutes > 7. Pearl Daily b 1908 Ebenezer marr 12 Nov 1927 Sulphur to Robley Merlyn > Evans > 8. Iva Mae Dailey b 24 Oct 1910 Ebenezer d 17 Jun 1985 LA marr 16 Jun 1928 > Ebenezer to Elmer Lee Faulk > 9. Alma Richard Dailey b 8 Sep 1911 Ebenezer marr 19 Sep 1932 Calcasieu Par > to Bernice Susanne Landry > > This appears to be more children than others have found. Please let me know > if there are any errors. I have additional info on grand children of Austin > E Dailey. > > Felton -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

My info differs slightly from yours. First that is the first time I have seen Austin with the initial "E" and the first time I have ever seen Aunt Ruth with the first name of Hazel. My mother, Vera Faulk Williams, knew all of her mothers brothers and sisters, having been born in 1918, she grew up knowing all of them. Their were only six children by Mary Eudora, and they were: Aaron, Avery, Isabelle (my grandmother), Ruth, Julia, and Iva. I have never heard of Pearl or Alma. I have a picture of all six taken in the early forties and when I find it I will post it on the internet. As for his first wife I differ in the spelling and her parents. Mother spelled it Malenion and had her as an older sister to Mary Eudora. Mother got much of her information from first hand experience and from one of Malenion's grandchildren, a Petry, which one I don't know at the moment. I remember one of "Samantha's" sons coming to one of our Austin Dailey reunions in St. Martinville, probably in the late 70's or early 80's. I think they called him Larry. Since I have been unable to prove that Malenion and Mary Eudora were sisters I can't be sure that Malenion is her real name nor that she was the daughter of Asa Hoffpauir and Johanna Perry. Either Melinda Anne or Malenion is another example of someone spelling as it sounds. The two names appear to be the same. Roy Williams

[Lance was the son of Ewell Avant and grandson of Esaphany Hoffpauir.] Funeral services for Lance "Clarence" Avant, 70, of Los Angeles, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 29, in Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. Tom Howe will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is 4:30 - 10 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Avant died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, in a Houston hospital. A native of Lake Charles, he had lived in Los Angeles for many years. He worked as a professional dancer and retired as an interior decorator. Survivors include one sister, Rubye Pearce of Lake Charles. (LCAP on line, 28 Feb 2000) -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Thought you might be interested in this. Father Hebert's works have been a primary resource for Hoffpauir genealogy research. I know I spent hours digging through his volumes when I first caught the fever. He has made a great contribution to genealogy of those who families hale from the Southwest Louisiana area. MIRE -- Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, at Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mire for Father Donald Joseph Hébert, 57, of Mire, who died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at his residence. Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery. Father Hébert attended Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, St. John Seminary in Little Rock, Ark., and was graduated from Notre Dame in New Orleans in 1968. He was ordained June 1, 1968, by Bishop Maurice Schexnayder at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, LA. He was an assistant pastor at St. John Francis Regis in Arnaudville from 1968 until his assignment of assistant pastor in 1970 at St. Anthony in Eunice, until he became pastor of St. Joseph in Cecilia in 1975. In 1980, he was appointed pastor of St. Anthony in Eunice until he became administrator of Annunciation in Duralde in 1984. In 1985, he was assigned as pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte until he was appointed pastor of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mire in 1989, where he served until his death. He was named diocesan consultor in 1977, and in 1987, was on the diocesan school board for two terms. Survivors include one sister, Dr. Barbara Hébert of New Orleans. Visitation hours will be observed at Assumption Church from 8 a.m. today, with rosaries at 4 p.m. by the Catholic Daughters of America and at 7 p.m. by the Knights of Columbus led by Fr. Grieg Cormier, until service time Friday. Gossen Funeral Home of Rayne is in charge of the arrangements. Father Hébert was a recognized genealogical authority and the CEO of Hébert Publications, Inc. He compiled, authored, and published two series of volumes cataloging the ecclesiastical and civil birth, marriage, death and succession records of the Dioceses of Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Houma-Thibodaux: SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS and SOUTH LOUISIANA RECORDS. He authored several definitive volumes on church parish histories, biographies of diocesan clergy and ordinary, as well as early Acadian ecclesiastical records. Father Hébert conducted research in France, published works for private authors, served as a research and writing consultant to numerous individuals, both locally and nationally, sponsored and hosted research seminars, and was a constant source of information and encouragement to anyone interested in genealogy and the history of the Acadians.

I have some additional info for those interested in the immediate family of Hazel Ruth Dailey Her father is Austin E Dailey b 28 Mar 1862 St Landry Parish (prob near Ebenezer) d 29 Feb 1928 Acadia Parish bur Ebenezer Cemetary. He 1st married Melinda Anne Hoffpauir b 1858 St Landry Parish (prob near Ebenezer d Aug 1892 Acadia Parish. Her parents are George Hoffpauir & Mary Ann Hoffpauir. Their children are: 1. Somentha Dailey b 16 Nov 1885 Ebenezer d 30 Dec 1929 bur Ebenezer marr 15 Dec 1909 Vermilion Parish to Ernest Clinton Petry 2. Alice Dailey b 1 Aug 1888 Ebenezer d 6 Dec 1956 bur Indian Bayou Cemetary 1st marr 17 Sep 1903 Vermilion Parish to John Felix Harrington 2nd marr 18 Feb 1922 Vermilion Parish to Robert Hartman 3. Eva Dailey b Jul 1892 Ebenezer Austin E Dailey 2nd married 1 Mar 1894 Acadia Par to Mary Eudora "Mazie" Hoffpauir b 24 Sep 1874 Acadia Par d 23 Sep 1943 Orange TX bur Ebenezer Cemetary. Her parents are Asa Hoffpauir & Johanna Perry. Their children are: 1. Aaron Eugene Dailey b 5 Feb 1896 Ebenezer d 25 Jan 1955 bur Jett Cemetary, Pinehurst, Orange Co, TX marr 17 Dec 1915 Acadia Par to Maude Perry 2. Avery Daily b 25 Feb 1898 Ebenezer d Mar 1950 bur Evergreen Cem, Orange TX marr 18 Sep 1918 Orange Co, TX to Mary Edna Hoffpauir 3. Isabelle Dailey b 27 Sep 1899 Ebenezer d 11 Nov 1955 bur Ebenezer Cem marr 13 Dec 1917 Crowley to Clarence L Faulk 4. Julia Dailey b 30 Oct 1901 Ebenezer d 18 Dec 1993 marr 6 Jul 1922 Ebenezer to Martin Calvin Picket 5. Hazel Ruth Dailey b 25 Feb 1906 Ebenezer d 3 Feb 2000 Lake Charles bur Prien Memorial Park Cem, Lake Charles marr Jan 1922 La to Travis Benson Hoffpauir 6. Rachel Faye Dailey b 13 Nov 1907 Crowley d 10 Dec 1971 Crowley bur Ebenezer 1st marr 16 May 1925 Acadia Par to Haywood Faulk 2nd marr 24 Oct 1931 Acadia Par to Peyton Merle Stutes 7. Pearl Daily b 1908 Ebenezer marr 12 Nov 1927 Sulphur to Robley Merlyn Evans 8. Iva Mae Dailey b 24 Oct 1910 Ebenezer d 17 Jun 1985 LA marr 16 Jun 1928 Ebenezer to Elmer Lee Faulk 9. Alma Richard Dailey b 8 Sep 1911 Ebenezer marr 19 Sep 1932 Calcasieu Par to Bernice Susanne Landry This appears to be more children than others have found. Please let me know if there are any errors. I have additional info on grand children of Austin E Dailey. Felton

I believe there was a hotel owned by a Hoffpauir in Estherwood, Acadia Parish around the turn of the century. I believe I once saw a picture of it somewhere. Felton

Here is Ozita Morgan's obit. with more information "Ozita Villejoin Morgan Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 21, 2000 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for Ozita Villejoin Morgan, 78, who died Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 5:15 a.m. at her residence. Fr. Jerry Siebold will officiate for the services. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. A rosary will be recited Sunday at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. The visitatin will be observed unday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Monday 8 a.m. until service time. Survivors include her loving husband of 58 years, Paul Hugh Morgan of Crowley; two daughters and their husbands, Dixie M. & Thomas Fleming of Crowley; Sherry M. & Henry Lee Breaux of Cypress, Texas; one son and his wife, Paul Alan & Geneva Morgan of Lyons Point; one sister, Adonia Villejoin Cormier of Crowley; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Anthony & Cherie John Aube, Patrice & Jimmy Lafosse, Stephen & Melissa Duhon Simon, Sean Michael Simon, Dana & Mark Woods, Christina & Turner Bonin, Thomas Morgan and Mason Morgan; and eight great-grandchildren, Madison & Zackary Lafosse, Robyn and Philip Simon, Justin & Morgan Woods, and Ashley & Kristen Bonin. Mrs. Morgan was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Ladies Altar Society. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clemile and Amanda Abshire Villejoin; and two brothers, Odey and Adonis Villejoin. Pallbearers will be Anthony Aube, Stephen and Sean Simon, Thomas and Mason Morgan and Jimmy Lafosse. Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley is in charge of arrangements." Source: Crowley Post Signal Bonnie

The Obit did not list family members...maybe tomorrow. Descendants of Paul Hugh Morgan Generation No. 8 1. Paul Hugh8 Morgan (Thomas Joseph7, Hezekiah6, George5, Solomon4, John3, Samuel2, Thomas1) was born 06 April 1923. He married Ozita Villejoin 13 August 1942. Notes for Ozita Villejoin: CROWLEY - Ozita Villejoin Morgan, 78, of Crowley, died at 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2000, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visiting hours will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. rosary, and from 8 a.m. Monday until service time. Geesey Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley is in charge of the arrangements. Source: The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, La Child of Paul Morgan and Ozita Villejoin is: 2 i. Dixie9 Morgan. Bonnie

Sharon, The book on the FTM site was over a year out of date, and contained far too many errors to be left on line. I recommend that anyone seeking information should visit my other web site, at http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ where I try to update the book every 3 months. DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > Charlie, > What happened to your book that Linda had linked to the eCircle page? Did > you take it off-line? When I try to go there it tells me: "The page you have > requested has been moved or deleted." Whats up? > > Sharon Dulcich -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/

Charlie, What happened to your book that Linda had linked to the eCircle page? Did you take it off-line? When I try to go there it tells me: "The page you have requested has been moved or deleted." Whats up? Sharon Dulcich

Felton, Here it is: Marjorie Mae GRIFFIN b 30 Oct 1926 marr 21 Jun 1948 to Ernest Lee KING b 8 Apr 1926, d. 2 Mar 1968. They had Raymond Ernest KING b 8 Apr 1954. Marjorie also married Ernest Raymond YOUNG on 24 June 1971. Source for this info: Marjorie Mae Griffin - marriage and birth certs. in her possession. FYI: Ray Young is the nephew of the Reverand Albert GEORGE who was the husband of Susan Ruth HOFFPAUIR. They raised Marjorie after Mineola died. Sorry for the confusion about the last names of Margie's husbands. I had inadvertantly put KING for them both in my database. Margie is my aunt because she is the sister of my father, Kenneth Griffin, first son of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin. Raymond Ernest King (s/o Margie) married 1)Jo Evelyn Cook in 1971; 2) Marilyn Sue Hodges in 1978 they had Jeremy Raymond KING b 30 Apr 1979; 3)Shirley Wallace on 31 Dec 1981 - source is Marjorie Young Sharon, grandaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin

I'm sorry I made an error. That marriage date was for Marjorie & Ernest Lee King not Young. I do not have a marriage date for her marriage to Ernest Raymond Young. And the child is also a King (I guess your father). Felton

Marjorie Mae Griffin b 30 Oct 1926 marr 21 Jun 1948 to Ernest Lee Young b 8 Apr 1926. I do not have a source for this info. They had Raymond Ernest Young b 8 Apr 1954. Did Marjorie also marry Ernest Raymond Young. Or is he the same person as Ernest Lee Young? Felton

In a message dated 02/11/2000 8:26:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, FelMor@aol.com writes: << Who is Aunt Margie. Was she a Hoffpauir? Felton >> Felton, Her mother was Mineola Hoffpauir, daughter of Francis and Malissa Hoffpauir. She is Marjorie Mae Griffin King Young. Sorry for my lack of clarity. Sharon, grandaughter of Mineola Hoffpauir Griffin

Sharon Who is Aunt Margie. Was she a Hoffpauir? Felton

Dear Hoffpauirs, This has nothing to do with the Hoffpauir clan, but I thought it was an interesting curiosity, and knew that you all would recognize the place names and maybe some of the surnames. The name "Gradenigo" rings a bell, and might have been the name of one of the witnesses on one of Thomas Hoffpauer's deeds. This story comes from a free online genealogy e-magazine that I get once a week. It's a great example of the kernel of truth that often lies behind a romantic family legend. Barbara Hill <bhill@uclink4.berkeley.edu> > * * * * * > > THE WHITE HOUSE -- RACISM IN GENEALOGY > > by Linda Alexander <peachy2@prodigy.net> > >My mother's family hails from New Orleans, Louisiana, and points >south (New Iberia, Opelousas). I have always known this. Little >did I know, however, that her roots held a well-shrouded mystery >which I am still trying to solve. > >I had always been told that my great-grandmother, Carrie ROWE, >was "born in Washington, on the grounds that the White House now >stands on." My grandmother, her daughter's birth certificate, >states that Carrie was born in Washington, D.C. For many years, >I spent hours searching records for the District of Columbia, >looking for Carrie's birth certificate. Nothing to be found. I >was also told that my great-great-grandfather, Robert ROWE, was >"of the sea" from England. > >I am fortunate to live in the Washington, D.C. area and have the >National Archives at my fingertips. Numerous bumbling trips told >me little until I happened upon the 1900 listing for Robert Rowe >(Carrie's father) in New Orleans, Louisiana. I verified that >this was the right family by knowing names of some of Carrie's >sisters and brothers. Many surprises assaulted me as I pored >over that census listing. > >First, Carrie had three brothers and three sisters -- two >brothers and one sister more than I or anyone in my family >previously knew. Robert Rowe was not from England; he was born >in Mississippi. And Carrie Rowe (also -- surprise -- known as >Clara) was born in Louisiana, not Washington, D.C. Where, then, >did this story about the White House come from? And her mother's >name? Alice, simply Alice. > >Now armed with more information, I searched backwards in the >Louisiana census. The 1880 census listed Robert and his family >in New Orleans. He was a painter, not a seafaring man. I went >back another 10 years. There was no Robert Rowe this time in New >Orleans, so I checked the name throughout the state -- a good >move, because I found Robert in, of all places, Saint Landry >Parish. And the town he and his family lived in? Washington. >Yes, there was a Washington, Louisiana, and it was located in >the area surrounding Opelousas. > >Still, the most amazing surprise was yet to come. At the time of >the 1870 census, Robert had but one child, a daughter named >Emily. His wife, Alice, was listed as Allecia and she had a last >name! It was DESSESSARTS, a name particular to that area of >Louisiana. And - I held my breath -- Allecia and Emily were >listed as "Mulatto." I was descended from a mixed race, >otherwise these days known as biracial, matriarchal line. I was >amazed, and rather pleased, once the shock wore off. This >answered so many questions, yet created countless more. > >I have since found out, sadly, that researching a mixed race >genealogical line is not only difficult, it's nearly a closed >door. Few formal records are to be found for slaves and free >people of color (known as FPOC in Louisiana) in general, but >that wasn't the most disheartening. There is discrimination in >genealogy. If I mention the mixed blood when I find a possible >family link, I often have the door closed in my face. And even >more disturbing -- African American folks don't want to hear >they're part Caucasian any more than Caucasians want to hear >they're mixed with African American. Genealogical racism runs >both ways. > >I keep on keeping on, though. I've come up against the >proverbial brick wall in discovering Allecia's (Alice's) >parents. I've located her patriarchal line, Dessessarts, as a >prominent family in the Opelousas area in mid-1800s, and have an >idea of which was her father. But I've yet to be able to prove >it because it appears clear that her Dessessarts father and >unknown mother were unmarried. I even think I may have >pinpointed her mother, a free woman of color named Melite >GRADENIGO. That's a guess made after finding Allecia with >Melite (and two children of a different last name than either >Melite or Allecia) when Allecia was 12 -- once again in >Washington, Louisiana. > >And the "white house" of the original family story? Again, >only a guess -- there were many a white house in Washington, >Louisiana around 1850. Carrie must have been born in one of >them. Or maybe it was hypothetical. If they called their house >"white," that would make them "white." All I do know is that >this has set the stage on which the basis of family secrets have >been kept for more than 100 years. My great-great-grandmother, >Allecia, lived the life of a mixed race woman in the south >during the Civil War years, a difficult life, indeed. Most of >her children (though not all, I've found), including Carrie, >obviously very light-skinned, left that life as soon as possible >and lived the majority of their years as white people, never >even giving the slightest clue to those of us descended from >them of the stories they could tell, if only they had dared. > >I am a published professional writer who, as "coincidence" would >have it, am primarily published in true-life biographical >stories. This story will be told. I will see to it and, I hope, >both my Caucasian and African American blood relatives will be >proud to call that story their own. >

I was asked to get the marriage date for my Aunt Margie and her husband Ray Young. I got a letter from her today and here it is: June 24, 1971. The officiating clergyman was Dr. Lathan Johnson, DD She also had this to say about Thomas: "Grandpa's great-great-grandpa came with some brothers -- who I don't know. They married French girls and came to America is what "Mother" Ruth told me." She also sent to me a newspaper from Lake Charles, dated Sun., Aug. 25, 1991, called the "Imperial Calcasieu". It is page 43 and nearly the entire page is a write up on the Hoffpauir clan. It has pictures of family members at the gathering for the 50th wedding anniversary of Eston Barney & Olive Hoffpauir in 1935; one of the Rev. Thomas H. Hoffpauir, son of Rev Able Hoffpauir; Louis Hoffpauir 1890-1921; Mrs. Dan Carpenter nee Florence Hoffpauir, Frank & Malissa Hoffpauir on the 50th anniversary, and the Indian Bayou Methodist Church. The article contains a lot of history. I would be willing to transcribe it to the list here if it's not already been done. I'm going to try and make photo copies of it and see how they come out. I'll also try scanning it into my computer. I don't hold out too much hope for good replicas of the photos. Regards, Sharon Dulcich

Hi Amy, thanks for the information. I posted the photo of the hotel in the Identification album at ecircles. However, the name on the hotel is Norrid. And Aunt said that my grandparents referred to it as the Couch Hotel. It is in Winnfield, LA. She thought that perhaps Hoffpauirs owned it? It might just be that my grandparents stayed there. Not certain. Linda Get your Free E-mail at http://alsace.zzn.com ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com

I have a list of the three daughters of Austin Dailey's first wife and their descendants. According to my information, Malonian was not the sister of Mary Eudora though. If my memory serves me right, she was the daughter of George Hoffpauir. I will look that up and post that later. David L. Hoffpauir ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie <charlieh@wt.net> To: <HOFFPAUIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Ruth Dailey > Roy, > > I knew that Austin had Married Malenion Hoffpauir before Mary Eudora, > but I didn't know that Malenion had any children. Do you happen to > know anything more about her children? Also, I did not know that > Malenion was an older sister of Mary Eudora. Do you have any more > information about Malenion? > > Roy Williams wrote: > > > > Sandy > > I am only guessing, but you may me related to your husband also. > > Ruth's father married twice. His first wife was Malenion Hoffpauir, and > > they had 3 girls. Samantha being the youngest, I think. She married > > Ernest Clinton Petry in the earlier part of the century prior to 1910. > > they had 3 boys and 5 girls. Austin Dailey then married Malenion's > > younger sister, Mary Eudora Hoffpauir and they had 6 children, Ruth > > being the last sibling of the six. I am the grand son of Ruth's older > > sister, Isabelle. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Roy T. Williams > > -- > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ >

Sandy I am only guessing, but you may me related to your husband also. Ruth's father married twice. His first wife was Malenion Hoffpauir, and they had 3 girls. Samantha being the youngest, I think. She married Ernest Clinton Petry in the earlier part of the century prior to 1910. they had 3 boys and 5 girls. Austin Dailey then married Malenion's younger sister, Mary Eudora Hoffpauir and they had 6 children, Ruth being the last sibling of the six. I am the grand son of Ruth's older sister, Isabelle. Hope this helps. Roy T. Williams