Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Julius KRAUSE, watchmaker and jeweler, dealer in watches, clocks, silverware, etc., Joliet; 
was born in Silesia, Prussia, Dec. 2, 1843; he is a son of Julius KRAUSE, who was an inspector 
and general overseer of the estate of one of the nobility in that country; when he was about 
14 years old, he was apprenticed to learn the watchmaker's trade, and after completing his 
apprenticeship, he worked at his trade in various places until 1868, when he came to this 
country, and the same year began business in Joliet. He was married Feb. 14, 1871, to Miss 
Margarita YOUNG, daughter of Henry YOUNG, of Joliet; she was born in Buffalo, N. Y., June 2, 
1852, and came to Joliet with her parents in 1858; they have three children - Henry A. G., 
Julius J. A. and Juanita J. M.