Julius was born in 1835, married Caroline Folk (b 1840) about 1862, immigrated in 1881 and had at least 8 children: Hulda (m Theodore Tessmer), Minnie (m Reinhold Musch), Pauline (m Charles Tessmer), Emelie (m Leo Munsch), Gottlieb, Herman (m Bertha Mitzner), Charles (m Anne __) and William (m Elsie Lehman). They lived in Marshall, Lyon co, MN. .