Mathias Burggraf

   Matthias Burggraf and wife Anna Schmidt, were both born in Baden, Germany. They brought their family to the U.S. and first settled in Huron, Ohio; then Kelleys Island and finally South Bass. Their original farmhouse on East Point of South Bass Island no longer exists, but their sons’ homes are architectural points of interest on State Route 357 (Columbus Avenue).
   Before the first Catholic Church was built on South Bass Island, Mass was given at the Mathias Burggraf Sr. home on East Point, 1866-1875.


1 Mathias Burggraf 1821 – 1897 m. Anna M. Schmidt 1820 – 1893
           2 Caroline Burggraf 1848 – 1925 m. Frederick Bretz 1843 - 1935
                     3 Frederick Bretz 1867 – 1922 m. Margaret Madigan 1870 - 1956
                     3 Julia Bretz 1869 – 1948 m. John Rehberg 1864 - 1934
                     3 Edward Bretz 1872 – 1954 m. Margaret Gough 1885 - 1937
                     3 Herman Bretz 1879 – 1943
2 Mathias Burggraf 1851 – 1920 Louisa K. Scherer 1858 - 1935
                     3 George J. Burggraf 1878 – 1920 m. Emma Schaefer 1882 - 1974
                     3 Julia L. Burggraf 1881 – 1958 m. George Fox 1873 – 1927
2 Frederick W. Burggraf 1856 – 1923 m. Hermina Morf 1862 – 1969
2 Henry Burggraf 1859 – 1930 m. Anna M. Miller 1862 - 1947
                      3 Karl H. Burggraf 1888 – 1950 m.1st Miss Topey 1895 -
                         m. 2nd Eda A. Harms 1890 - 1931
                       3 Frederick A. Burggraf 1890 – 1946 m. Dorothea Miller 1893 - 1944
                       3 Ruth H. Burggraf 1894 – 1985