Georg Johannes Ritter (Von Trapp) von Trapp (1880 - 1947)

Born 4 Apr 1880 in Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary

Ancestors

Husband of Agathe Gobertina (Whitehead) von Trapp — married 14 Jan 1911 in Fiume, Austria-Hungary

Husband of Maria Auguste (Kutschera) von Trapp — married 26 Nov 1927 (to 30 May 1947) in Austria-Hungary

Descendants

Died 30 May 1947 at age 67 in Stowe, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp was born on 4 April 1880 in Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary. He became an Austrian naval officer and submarine commander whose successes during World War I earned him numerous decorations. He married Agathe Whitehead in 1911 in Fiume, on the Adriatic coast, where they raised a family of seven children. Following Austria-Hungary's collapse after the war, the family moved to Austria, where Agathe died of scarlet fever in 1922. Five years later, Georg married Maria Augusta Kutschera, the tutor for one of his daughters. Most of the family's wealth was wiped out during the Great Depression. The family singing troup toured widely including the USA and Scandinavia before returning to America, prior to its entry into WWII, where the family bought a farm in Stowe, Vermont and continued touring as the Von Trapp Family Singers. Georg died in Stowe on 30 May 1947, aged 67. His family continued to sing and tour. Their story has been told on Broadway in the largely fictitous The Sound of Music, by Rodgers and Hammerstein and in the movie of the same name.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Georg von Trapp, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_von_Trapp : accessed 21 Dec 2020

• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDY-SB1 : accessed 6 March 2017), George Von Trapp, Merion, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-114, sheet 4A, line 20, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3580.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #1609
• "'The Sound of Music", words and lyrics and music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 1959.
• "The Von Trapp Family: Harmony and Discord." Biography. 13 Dec 1998. A&E.

Acknowledgments

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