Individual Details

Lulu Willey was born in Mississippi during the Civil War, while her father was on active duty. Her mother gave her the name Martha Toluda Willey, but when her father heard of her birth, he wrote and asked that she be named Nancy Catherine Willey. Since it was considered bad luck to change a name, they just added the Nancy Catherine and called her Lulu.
Lulu's father died without ever seeing his daughter. Another belief at that time was that a baby who had never seen it's father was supposed to have curative powers. When the neighbors children had colds, rash, etc., they were brought over to let Lulu "blow into their mouth". From "The Descendants of Benager Spell and Dorethea Foreman".

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Birth	20 Jan 1863
Birth-Alternate	Jan 1865	MS
Marriage	11 Oct 1876	Lafayette Parish, LA - Golden Hoffpauir
Death	28 Oct 1938
Burial		Indian Bayou Methodist Church Cemetery, Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, LA

Spouse	Golden Hoffpauir (1858 - 1929)
Child	Stella Hoffpauir (1879 - 1966)
Child	Golden Newton Hoffpauir (1881 - 1956)
Child	Lucinda Adella Hoffpauir (1882 - 1975)
Child	Mary Viola Hoffpauir (1884 - 1976)
Child	Cary Olevia Hoffpauir (1887 - 1956)
Child	Edith Edna Hoffpauir (1889 - 1974)
Child	Tilithy Leona Hoffpauir (1893 - 1959)
Child	Cornelius Lemly Hoffpauir Sr. (1894 - 1951)
Child	Daisy Iola Hoffpauir (1897 - 1988)
Child	Luven Fenwick Hoffpauir (1899 - 1981)
Child	Calvin William "will" Hoffpauir (1901 - 1978)

Father	Calvin Willey ( - )
Mother	Katherine Brown ( - )