Mary Louise GAUNYA/GONYEA/GAGNE'(& assoc. spellings) was adopted by John and Mary Elizabeth (McEnroe) Ponder of New Orleans. Name changed to May Ponder. The connection probably had to do with the fact that their daughter Agnes was a social worker for Catholic Charities (the 1st in N.O.) and had many contacts in the orphanage & adoption community. May was originally adopted by the MORVANT family in Louisiana. At some point after a few years she was returned by a MORVANT male with a different first name than the one who adopted her. There were many yellow fever epidemics at this time & May did claim that as a young child she had survived a bout with yellow fever. Speculation is that perhaps her original adoptive parents did not survive, and their relatives were not willing to raise a child not of their blood. Trybing to find any info on MORVANTS adopting NY Founding children in Louisiana