Today I received some information from Cathering Hoffpauir Fischer. She says that her Father recalled that John Hardy Hoffpauir gave Ambroise to the Richards family as a young boy. This is consistant with some information I had for Ambroise, such as the 1860 ceneus showing him listed as living with the family of Jean Richard and Zelonise Plaisance. However, in looking at the information I have for John Hardy Hoffpauir, I am beginning to believe that I have combined information from 2 different persons.... in particular, I show John Hardy married to Marie Constance Fontenot (who lived until 1894 apparently) and having children born in 1836, 1838, 1840, 1842, 1844, 1846, 1847 (Ambroise, if I include him with this family), 1850, 1852, 1854, 1857, & 1859. Although Ambroise would "fit" with those children, the real problem is that I show another marriage for John Hardy: to Amy Babineaux. Does anyone know if any of the children were actually from Amy Babineaux, or even if this is the same John Hardy that married each woman? -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/