 He married in 1915 to Margarita Nachiondo Achabal, a Basque from Ispaster who had arrived at the country in 1912 and resided of Ogden, Utah.Margarita was 34 years younger and, in 1916, the first of his three children, Eva (1916–2007) was born.Soon thereafter Adam (1917–1984) and Joseph (1920–1964) were born.