Hello Vams,
Interesting, however I cannot find the village of Tphofen, Germany. Is this possibly a misspelling of the village name? You never mentioned any years? Some villages no longer exist after the thirty year war, (1500's). Your information suggests that this familly was in America in more recent times. I am guessing the 1800's?
Were did you find this documentation? The closest villages I can find to such a spelling of the name Tphofen are:
Thalhofen, Bayern, Deutschland
Töpen, Bayern, Deutschland
Tronetshofen, Bayern, Deutschland
Töpen (Verwaltungsgebiet), Hof, Bayern, Deutschland
I suggest the name of the village is probably Iphofen.
www.iphofen.de/"Iphofen (Verwaltungsgebiet), Kitzingen, Bayern, Deutschland (Germany)"
The village of Iphofen is in the State of Bayern. Near Wuerzburg / Würzburg (16.9 miles WNW). Postal code 97346 "Once part of Franconia"
If you look at the "Surname Guckenburger" map I have included in a previous post, You will notice a densly populated "Guckenburger" area in Bayern (Red or Dark purple) Iphofen is located in this area.
49°41' 10°17' which is 237.7 miles SW of Berlin
Additionaly see map for Iphofen.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.aspI think we may assume that many of the families in this area are related including "my" Guckenbergers that are just accross the Baden border today. I hope you have read my other postings.
As you see on the
www.iphofen.de/ link above there are at least four books for sale on the history of the village.
In there are at least 8 Guckenbergers still living in the village:
http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/They are most likley your relatives! Including what I believe is a Guckenberger Resturaunt / Vineyard
http://www.restaurant-kritik.de/79283/or
http://www.guckenberger.iphofen.de/ "The Guckenberger's of Iphofen are known for there Franconian Wines"
Certainly as I believe our families are related, I would like to know more about your line. Maybe one day we can connect them.
Do you have any other data?
Best regards
Kurt