 Joseph on 2 February 1890, sent Dora and their daughters Marie (born in Munich September 1878), Olga (born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA August 1886) and Eda (born in Munich, July 1888) to America, with their understanding Joseph's design won the honor of him sculpting Grant's Tomb in NYC.Joseph never joined them, but sent his family under a pretext, then annulled his first Catholic marriage and married a divorced Protestant.His second wife was Elisabeth Fuchs (née Geret); they married 24 April 1890 and divorced 27 September 1904.