Tulare County Biographies

JULIUS BURGAMASTER

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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Among the first land purchasers in his part of Tulare county was Julius 
Burgamaster, who was a native of Missouri, and came with his family to 
California in 1901, buying a tract of fifteen acres of land from Dudley Brothers 
and locating permanently in Tulare county. His wife was Margaret Tiedemann, also 
a native of Missouri, and they both were descended from German ancestry. Upon 
coming to California in 1901, they settled in Farmersville, then came to the 
present location of the homestead, where Mr. Burgamaster purchased fifteen acres 
of land and developed and improved it, ever after making it his home, until his 
death, which took place in Tulare county in 1911. Three children were born to 
this couple, of whom two survive, Otto and Mattie. In politics Julius 
Burgamaster was a Democrat and was devoted heart and soul to the principles of 
his party, all of which he has handed down to his son, who is following closely 
in his footsteps. As a man of enterprise and public spirit he many times 
demonstrated his high citizenship. Believing that his interests could be 
advanced only with those of the community at large, he was always generous in 
his help to movements for the general benefit.
Otto Burgamaster, son of Julius, who since his father's death has conducted the 
splendid ranch, was born in Missouri, August 29, 1885. Educated in the public 
schools there, he was taught the fundamentals of farming and while yet young was 
afforded much practical experience as a tiller of the soil. Six acres of the 
ranch are in vineyard, producing Muscat and Thompson grapes, and during 1911, 
which was an unusually dry year, the vines produced four tons of grapes. Two 
acres are in orchard and the ranch is in a high state of cultivation, and ranks 
among the most productive in the county.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913, pp. 550-551