From "The History of the Zaspels" by Robert Zaspel

""On August 23, 1841 Albert Gustav Zaspel appeared in the city hall and petitioned to be
admitted as a citizen, because he wants to establish himself here as an independent
Sheet metal worker.
"This was submitted by Albert;
1.) His baptismal certificate, dated Custrin [Küstrin], the 20th of June, 1826.
2.) The certificate of the Landrat's commission, in Custrin [Küstrin] dated the first of the month,
that he was excused from military service because of his short stature.
3.) The magistrate of Custrin [Küstrin], of the 11th of this month, about his mortal behavior and
commented also that he lives with his brother the rope maker Zaspel,
at Richtstrasse 53."

"Albert Zaspel is listed in Frankfurt Oder address book as a Klempnermeister
(sheet metal worker) in 1846 at 59 Richtstr., 1848 at 47 Tuchmaeherstr., 1852 at
Regierungstr., 1853 at Richtstr. 70, from this time on his ware bouts isn't known or if any
ancestral lines remain or exist out of the 250 address of Zaspel's in Germany.

"The town of Custrin ["Küstrin an der Oder", now "Kostrzyn nad Odrą"] is in Poland now and the only records that I can find are military. After World War Two Poland was given millions of acres of land in the Potsdam Accord. In this accord the German [residents] were given 24 hours to leave their property and take what they could.  Many died from starvation and exposure to the weather."