Julia Mullock was an American member of the former imperial family of Korea through her marriage to Yi Ku.
16 Facts About Julia Mullock
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Julia Mullock was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States to a Ukrainian American family.
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Julia Mullock's father was from Ukraine and worked as a coal miner.
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Julia Mullock later immigrated to the US prior to the birth of his daughter, but died in 1935.
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Julia Mullock taped an advertisement of the notice board of her office for her apartment.
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Prince Gu saw the notice, visited her apartment, and instead of purchasing it, he persuaded Julia Mullock to stay in the United States.
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Julia Mullock brought Julia to his parents, Crown Prince Yi Eun and Princess Yi Bangja, who at the time were visiting the United States.
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The couple later moved to Hawai'i, but in 1963, Julia Mullock moved to Korea with her husband where she gained Korean citizenship.
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Julia Mullock opened a clothing store whilst in Korea to help finance her charitable endeavors.
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Julia Mullock being an official member of the Korean Imperial Household is disputed, this is due to her discovery of her exclusion from the register of the Yi Family Council.
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Julia Mullock's exclusion became known to her when in the process of finalizing her divorce from Prince Gu in the United States.
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Julia Mullock took her adoptive daughter with her and ran her craft shop at the Plaza Hotel where she worked on her disability welfare projects until in 1995 when she left Korea for Hawai'i.
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Julia Mullock was not invited to the funeral due to their divorce 23 years earlier.
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Julia Mullock attended the religious ceremonies at the Royal Ancestors' Shrine with Gwon Hui-sun, her lady-in-waiting, and Princess Yi Hae-won, the daughter of Prince Yi Kang.
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Julia Mullock is survived by her adoptive daughter, Yi Eugenia Eun-suk, who helped conduct the funeral and spread her mother's ashes in the Pacific Ocean.
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Julia Mullock continues to live in Hawai'i to this day.