Hi Karen, sorry to take so long to reply, I thought you would email my Yahoo account. Any way, I'm pretty sure that you are a relative. I have a photo of our french ancestor (3 Greats) that married my Fathers great-grandmother -- Agatha Babineaux. I know his name was Telisphor/Telesfor Babineaux. He was an overseer, so he may have taken the Babineaux name. But, the story I learned was that he was one of the decendents of 8 or 9 brothers from Nova Scotia (the British through the French out of Nova Scotia after the war of 1812) and many of these Frenchmen came south into the LA Territory. My father is deceased (2003), but he has some cousins living that met and know about Teles and Agatha Babineaux. I will try to have a photo scanned to send you. But it may be faster if you email me your address, I can make some color copies of my family and Agatha and Teles.

Take care,
Karen