Yvette - Thank you so much for your kindness and time spent looking up our Hofer ancestry. You are the only person to have offered to do this research!
I wonder what happened to Andre Francois - we had never heard of him but had heard of the girls - Elise Marie was my great-grandmother. It is interesting to know that Seraphine was Italian as I have an Italian (ex) daughter-in-law and a grandson in Italy. They will be very interested. Also, sewing has been important to all subsequent female generations.
There had been a rumour that we were related to Andreas Hofer (I believe the same rumour exists in many Hofer families) - but I always felt this was not correct.
Again, thank you so much. Sincerely, Marie