Alma, Is this your Erasco Hoffpauir? I have his mother listed as Melina. I also have a Melina Meaux, but no spouse attached. Do you know who her parents were? Generation No. 5 1. James G.5 Hoffpauir (Horace4, James Hardy3, Thomas Henry2, Thomas1) was born 1854. He married (1) Melina ? Bef. 1877. He married (2) Lavinia Sarver 25 June 1883, daughter of Martin Sarver and Altha Morgan. Marriage Notes for James Hoffpauir and Lavinia Sarver: 25 June 1883 - Married at house of Martin Sarver, James G. Hoffpauir and Lavinian Sarver. Source: Diary of William W. Shepherd, St. Landry Methodist Circuit Rider, 1874 to 1891. Child of James Hoffpauir and Melina is: 2 i. Erasco6 Hoffpauir, born 29 January 1877. Notes for Erasco Hoffpauir: 10 May 1877 - Baptized at my own house, Erasco, infant son of James and Melina Hoffpauir...born 29 January 1877. Source: Diary of William W. Shepherd, St. Landry Methodist Circuit Rider, 1874 to 1891. ------- Bonnie