Sharon, I don't believe that Starkus and Malissa were twins, in fact, I believe that they were born about a year apart. I use as my reference for this the fact that they are both listed as children in the household of Nathan Hoffpauir in the 1860 census of Lafayette Parish. Starkus is listed as Mackor (?) 2 years old, and Mallisa is listed as Malian, 1 year old. This kind of entry seems unlikely if they were actually twins. To view this information, go to this URL: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/lafayette/census/laf1860.txt and use your browser to search for "Naham Hoffpauir" (note the spelling is Naham, not Nathan). DULCICH6@aol.com wrote: > > Hello again, > I have a question. My records show that Francis Hoffpauir and his sister > Amilda married their cousins Malissa and Starkus Hoffpauir. Malissa and > Starkus were also siblings. My question is this....were Malissa and Starkus > also twins? My records show they were both born in 1858. Now, I realize that > this doesn't necessarily mean they were twins, but they might be and I recall > my dad saying something about twins and his mother's family. Does anyone have > any info on this? > > Happy New Millennium, > Sharon Dulcich > > ==== HOFFPAUIR Mailing List ==== > Please only use the HOFFPAUIR-L list for genealogy messages. > Any message or question about the Hoffpauir family is acceptable. > This includes all surnames that are descended from one of the > Hoffpauirs. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/