This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lialith Surnames: Thiessen Tonn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.germany.schleswig.general/6061.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. Any help or enlightenment is always appreciated. I believe that you are correct that it refers to Lurup. It may be one of the Lurup roads mentioned or perhaps As the area got bigger the name probably changed. I got the name of the street off of a typed ship manifest which was probably made by a clerk reading people's handwritings. I am pretty sure that while the manifest said Timm for a contact in Germany, that it was actually Tonn. Recently we found very old letters (1891-1948)among my great-aunts things when she died. Most of the letters are written in the old German script so my transcribing and translating are going slowly. I am having to learn to read the old letters before I can try to understand what is written. Most of the places named in the letters appear to be in the Hoernerkirchen area as well as in Eidelstedt. I do know that at least one of Claus Thiessen's brothers lived in Eidelstedt as one of the letters states "Unsere Adresse ist An Huelfsweichensteller (maybe Hilfsweicensteller?) Wilhelm Thiessen in Eidelstedt bei Hamburg" I think that the "Eidelburg" may have been a memory problem of someone in my Grandma's generation. They were probably told "Eidelstedt near Hamburg" and it became Eidelburg in their minds. My Grandma's generation were not encouraged to learn German but rather to only speak English. She began school about the same time that WW I began so this was probably why. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.