Photographs and Memories

"Julius Boettcher when young"

(No date or location listed)

COMMENTS: It does not say which one is Julius

COMMENT: Family lore was that Julius left home when he was 14 on a motorcycle. While in Canada he worked for a farmer who wanted to adopt him.
FROM THE OLD COUNTRY- ""He mined coal in Canada, worked in a cold storage plant in Los Angeles and for Swift and Co with his brother William (in MN.)"
So Julius was likely gone between 1905 and 1915, when he was married to Alma. He has not been located on the 1900 census yet.

"Julius Boettcher - taken in California"

COMMENT: The one on the left looks like Julius

"Julius Boettcher and his pal"