Frederich Adam Graf (1859 - 1938)

Born 13 May 1859 in Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Adam Graf Parents Jacob Graf and Margaretha Schmidt 10 Sep 1857^[1]

Research notes

An Adam Graf is listed as being born in 1858 in https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45505207/adam-graf

Fred wrote an autobiography 1 Nov 1918 at age 59. He included: living in Cedarburg in Aug 1885, drawing plans for a home to be built in Grafton for Mr. John Larson, owner of Grafton Flour Mills when he met Cora Rettberg. They were married in Mar. 1886. Fred and Cora had 4 children: Etta, Frederick, Cora, and J. Herbert. Fred Graf as an architect designed and supervised many Ozaukee and Milwaukee County homes and buildings. In 1899 his design for the Ozaukee County Courthouse was chosen and following the cornerstone laying in 1901, he supervised its construction. His autobiography also includes local history of the areas in which he and his parents lived, details of his early life and schooling, his father’s business ventures, and the occupations and training leading to his own profession as an architect, and the highlights of his designing career. Family notes list a Fred Graf, an architect, b. 1959, marrying a Cora Rettberg, was a son of john Jacob Graf and Margaretha Schmidt.^[2] Fred's name and those of the co. supervisors was inscribed on the cornerstone of the Ozaukee County Courthouse, laid in 1901. Is Grafton Flour Mills owner the John Lawson who married Margaret Graf, the daughter of John Christian Graf (Fred’s half-brother)?

Fred Graf (s/o J. Jacob Graf and Margaretha Schmidt Graf, b. 1859-27 Apr 1938, m. Cora Rettberg) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61144765/fred-a-graf

Fred was born 13 May 1859 in Germantown, WI (Washington)^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ozaukee County Birth Index, p. 195
2. ↑ Notes from his 1918 autobiography and taken from copied information of Helen Runkel and William Klein.
3. ↑ https://www.myheritage.com/names/cora_graf

• 1870 census in Fredonia, Wisconsin (Ozaukee)
• Ozaukee County Birth Index
• Notes from a 1918 autobiography by Fred Graf from copies in the hands of Helen Runkel and William Klein
• Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edward Trever for creating WikiTree profile Graf-1090 through manual input on 21 Nov 2019. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ed and others.