>From the CA death index - birthdate and father's surname don't match but there were only three TELSCHE listings in CADI and the other two were born after 1900 CLAUSSEN TELSCHE MARGARETA 04/12/1869 father BRANDT F REST (OTHER) SAN JOAQUIN 11/25/1956 87 yrs Add Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jctrotman@aol.com> To: <CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:26 PM Subject: [CAStanislaus] Claussen > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Claussen/Holtdorf > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2312 > > Message Board Post: > > Am looking for descendants of, or any information on Telsche Claussen who died, I think, in Stanislaus Co in the 1940s or 1950. I believe her maiden name was Holtdorf and she married Claus Claussen. Claus came to the U.S. in 1875 from Schleswig/Holstein. Claus was born in Dellstedt, 28 June 1849 the son of Eggert Claussen and Hobke Martens. > Telsche Holtdorf was born 1855 in Suderheistedt. Claus was a farmer.