Julia M. Ruth ^{1 2}

   Another name for Julia was Julian.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1860, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ The 1860 Census lists John Bicher, age 29, living as a tenant in the household of Susana Ruth, age 63, widow. Living with John are Julian (probably spoken as Julia M. but this is how the census taker wrote it down) age 31; Alice (4); and William (2). John's occupation is machinery.

• Census, 1900, Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA. ² Living at 307 9th Avenue in Sterling was John Beecher, 69, born Sep 1830, was living with wife Julia A., 70, born Jan 1830. She had given birth to two children, one still alive in 1900 and living with them: daughter Alice W., 45, born Sep 1854. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania, as were their parents.

Julia married John Bicher, son of Benjamin Bicher and Elenora, about 1854 in , , Pennsylvania, USA. (John Bicher was born on 6 Aug 1830 in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁴, christened on 13 Feb 1831 in East Cocalico Township: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁴ died on 12 Mar 1915 in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA and was buried in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA.)