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Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers , whose lives inspired the musical and film The Sound of Music .
The last surviving of the original seven (born to Captain von Trapp and his wife Agathe Whitehead), Maria Franziska, died in 2014 at the age of 99. The youngest and last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers (born to Captain von Trapp and Maria von Trapp) is Johannes von Trapp.
Maria von Trapp's certificate of arrival at Niagara Falls, New York, on 30 December 1942 In the 1940s, the family moved to Stowe, Vermont , where they ran a music camp when they were not touring. In 1944, Maria Augusta, Maria Franziska, Johanna, Martina, Hedwig and Agathe applied for U.S. citizenship, whereas Georg never applied to become a ...
The great-grandchildren Georg Von Trapp and Maria Von Trapp, siblings Sofi, Amanda, Melanie and August outside Lincoln Theater on September 27, 2015 in Washington, DC. Many of Georg and Maria's ...
The gravesites of Maria von Trapp and family at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe as seen Aug. 5, 2024. Maria von Trapp and family, Stowe. Visitors to Trapp Family Lodge can pay tribute to ...
Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp was born in Zara, Dalmatia, then a Crown Land of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Zadar, Croatia).His father, Fregattenkapitän August Johann [7] Trapp, was a naval officer who had been elevated to the Austrian nobility as Ritter von Trapp when he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown Third Class.
During this time she gave birth to three more children, Maria Franziska, Werner, and Hedwig. [2] When the war ended, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell, the family were granted Italian citizenship since Zara, where Georg von Trapp was born, was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. [2] Whitehead gave birth to another daughter at Erlhof, Johanna. [2]
Much like those famous hills, the Austrian palace that inspired the von Trapp family villa is still alive with the sound of music. And fans looking to relive the magic of the classic 1965 film can ...