Dear Spuhls,
so here is a missing link to Germany. I read your Great Grand Father was born in Fiddichow, Germany in 1840´s. So was my mother: Barbel E.E. Spuhl, born in Fittichow, Germany on May 7th 1940 and her brother Karsten Spuhl (1944) living today in Bad Sassendorf, Germany.
Their father was born in the same region, and it seems your ancestors came from the same area. Sounds like a pretty sure conncetion, even though there are a few years missing!
Best reagrds,
Kai Thierhoff