chapter one julius ewald karl · jason, and justin. harold (1963) who married sonya schroeder, his...

CHAPTERONEJULIUSEWALDKARLHisImmediateFamily

Julius’mother,KarolineWerner,wasbornWednesday,May19,1897.Hisfather,whowentbyJuliusorJulianKarl,wasbornFriday,September25,1903.Hewasthussixyearsyoungerthanhiswife.ForpurposesofthisbiographyandsoasnottoconfusethetwoJuliuses,theelderwillbecalledJulian.

KarolineandJulianweremarriedSunday,December18,1927.Theirfirstchild,Erna,wasbornTuesday,October2,1928.Fourteenmonthslater,theirsecondchild,Gertrud,wasbornThursday,December5,1929.Sixteenmonthslater,theirthirdchild,Julius—thesubjectofthisbiography—wasbornSunday,April5,1931.Theirfourthandlastchild,Frieda,arrivedtwenty-onemonthslateronSaturday,January14,1933.Itmusthavebeenalivelyhouseholdwithfourtoddlersbornwithinfouryearsandthreemonths.

KarolineWernerKarl(1897-1993)andJulian(Julius)Karl(1903-1944).ThispictureofKaroline

andJulianKarlwastakenc.1930.ItwasextractedfromaChurchofGodgrouppictureinPinino.Thegroupphotoisalsoincludedinthisbooklet.Asyouviewthephotographsincludedinthisbiography,pleasebereminded,accordingtoJuliusEwald,thatinthosedaysitwasnotconsideredvoguetosmileinpictures.Notsmilingwasconsideredsmarterandprobablyabitofasocialnormatthetime.

TheKarlshadbeenmarriedalmostsixteenyearswhendadJulianwasconscriptedinto

theGermanArmy.Heleftthefamilyin1942,andtheyneversawhimagain.Manyyearslater,it

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wasestablishedthathediedinarmyconflictinRomaniain1944atage41.Hiswife,Karoline,immigratedwithheradultchildrentoCanadawhenshewas56yearsold.Shelivedtotheageof96andisburiedinthecemeteryinDundas,OntarionearthegravesofthePastorandMrs.SonnenbergwhomshehadknowninPolandfromthetimesheandJulianbecameChristians.Itwashewhoofficiatedattheirchurchmarriageceremony.

TheChildrenandgrandchildrenofJulianandKarolineKarl

Erna(1928)marriedWilliBoehling,September1,1951,andtheyhadthreechildren: Karin(1952)whomarriedHansEckhart.Theyhavethreechildren:Christopher, Andrew,andMartin.

Rainer(1954)whomarriedDianeTheyhavethreechildren:Brandon,Dana,and Eric.

Norbert(1960).Gertrud(1929)marriedArturSchulz,December28,1958,andtheyhadtwochildren:

SigridIrene(1960)whomarriedWilfAdam.Theyhavethreechildren:Janelle, Jason,andJustin.

Harold(1963)whomarriedSonyaSchroeder,hissecondcousin(granddaughter ofKaroline’ssisterOlga).Theyhavetwosons:GavinandGalin.

Julius(1931),marriedYvonne(1940),November24,1967.Theyhavetwochildren:

Caroline(1973),andRobert(1978)whomarriedNicole(1980)onOctober18, 2002.ThelifestoryofJuliusandYvonnewillbetoldinanotherchapter.

Frieda(1933)whoresidesinHamilton,Ontario.

Left:1958.Julius,hismother,andfriendsinHamilton,Ontario.Above:1998.Juliusstandingwiththetombstonesofhisparentsandtheirpastor.Dundas,Ontario

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THEWEDDINGOFJULIUS’SISTERERNAKARLANDWILLIBOEHLING1951inGermany

ThesepeoplelookhappyattheweddingofErnaKarlandWilliBoehlinginGermanyin1951.SeatedonleftareMrsLinaandMr.OttoBoehling,parentsofWilli.SeatedontherightareKarolineKarlandOnkelAdamKarl,brotherofErna’sfather.

THEKARLFAMILYATTHE40thANNIVERSARYCELEBRATIONOFJULIUS’SISTERERNA&WILLIBOEHLING-Hamilton,Ontario1992

BackRowLtoR–EwaldandScharlotteKuerbis(sheisWilli’scousin);TanteLidiaKonrad(motherofIlse),Gertrud&ArturSchulz,FriedaKarl,Erna&WilliBoehling,Ilse(Konrad)&LotarBerg.MiddleRow–JuliusKarl.FrontRow–YvonneKarl,RobertKarl,CarolineKarl,HaroldandSonya(Schroeder)Schulz.

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THEKARLFAMILYATTHE50thANNIVERSARYCELEBRATIONOFJULIUS’SISTERGERTRUD&ARTURSCHULZ–Ontario2008

FrontRowLtoR–Helmuth&OlgaKarlSchroeder;Willi&ErnaKarlBoehling;GertrudKarlSchulz&husbandArturSchulz(their50thanniversary);FriedaKarl;YvonneKarl(Julius’wife);WaltrautKarlRiske,acousin.Inthebackarenieces,nephews,andcousinsaswellasgrandsonsandgreatniecesandnephews.