In reply to your query, i only have questions. Do you learn anything from the board or surrounding boards? Was the name stenciled on or hand carved or? Could it be from a sea chest or possibly a freight box? My Doescher family came to America in the early 1900s from Germany. One family member, whose first name we don't know,accompanied him. And we know have any idea where he went. The other stayed east. Have you done any census or deed work on the name and area and time frame? al