my grandfather Ralph has been a huge mystery to all of us in the family. I think I may have found his birth certificate but it is under the name
Springer. My aunt believes the name had been changed from or to
Sprenger at some point around WW2. Anyway, the birth certificate said he was born in
Westchester County July 29, 1887 to John Henry
Springer and to the best I can make out, Cathrin
Curtain. He left my father's family when my father and my one living aunt were very young. He left no trace. He married my grandmother Mary
Estella Lynch August 26, 1908. I am not sure if this is helpful or not.