Georg von Trapp
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Georg Ritter von Trapp was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. After their naturalisation as US citizens, the family name was changed to 'Trap
Georg von Trapp
On duty aboard SM U-5
Lieutenant Georg Ritter von Trapp and Agathe Whitehead about 1910
The two eldest Trapp sons, Rupert (right) and Werner, in U.S. Army uniforms, reading sheet music on 24 January 1946
Trapp Family
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The Trapp Family was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during
Georg von Trapp
…Georg Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. After their naturalisation as US citizens, the family name was changed to 'Trapp' without the 'von'. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian…
The Trapp Family in January 1946. Photograph by Conrad Poirier.
The Trapp Family rehearsing before a concert, near Boston, 27 September 1941
Cor Unum (later the "Trapp Family Lodge"), home of the Trapp Family Singers in the U.S., in 1954
Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp (front) and five of her ten singing children (back row, left to right) Agathe Johanna Erwina Gorbetina, Hedwig Adolphine Gorbetina and Johanna Karolina; (center, left to right) Maria Agatha Franzika Gorbetina 'Mitzi' and Martina Alice Gorbetina.