Do you have any further information on Thomas Abdo? My great grandmother was Nejeme Abdo from Furzol, just north of Zahle. I suspect that many people said they came from Zahle because it was the closet large city known to others. Your Thomas and Mary named their first daughter Necemi, which I suspect is another phonetic spelling of the same name, which may be common name - I don't know.

They are also in the 1930 census, as I'm sure you've found:
http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6224&i...

Thanks, tfarris