Anyone with info, or any direction??? Frederick SPRENG, born somewhere in Alsace-Lorraine Nov 29, 1851. He immigrated in 1867. Frederick always insisted that he was French and NOT German. Frederick Spreng came to America in 1867 via the port of New York according to his petition for citizenship filed in the Court of Common Pleas, County of Philadelphia, PA, September 25th, 1876. AS I UNDERSTAND................. The petition declares him as a native of Germany. By the time of his Petition in 1876, France's war with Germany was "lost". France's peace treaty with Germany ceded much of the Alsace-Lorriane region to Germany, as noted in a history journal from the"Germany History Network". Dennis **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002)