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Celebrating the von Trapp musicians who inspired the musical The Sound of Music
Title...
The title references, at the time, the British Royal Navy'srivalry between the new invention & the current gunnery specialists, who referred to the torpedo as, "the device of the Devil". History shows, Whitehead proved his concept.
Family Member: Maria von Trapp
Relations...
Parents: Captain Georg von Trapp & Agathe Whitehead
Movie Name: Louisa von Trapp
Background...
Born in 1914 and passed away in 2014. Maria von Trapp was a member of the Trapp Family Singers. Later in life she was a lay-missionary and adopted a son.
Children songs & memories...
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Family Member: 'Gustl' Maria Augusta Kutschera von Trapp
Family Member: Captain Georg von Trapp
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Relations...
Marriages: 2nd wife to Georg von Trapp
Movie Name: Maria von Trapp
Background...
Born in 1905 and passed away in 1987. Maria Augusta (known as 'Gustl') Kutschera von Trapp was a member of the Trapp Family Singers. Later in life, the Broadway play and Hollywood movie "The Sound of Music" was based on her memoir "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers".
Memoir...
Granddaughter of Family Cook: Irmgard Wöhrl
Relations...
Marriages: Agathe Whitehead (1st) and Maria Kutschera (2nd)
Movie Name: Georg von Trapp
Background...
Born in 1880 and passed away in 1947. Captain von Trapp was a decorated WWI submarine pioneer.
WWI Memoir...
Originally published in German, the English version was translated by his granddaughter, Elizabeth M. Campbell.
Family Friend & Biographer: William Anderson
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Relations...
Parents: Captain Georg von Trapp & Agathe Whitehead
Movie Name: Liesel von Trapp
Background...
Born in 1913 and passed away in 2010. Agathe von Trapp was a member of the Trapp Family Singers and later in life a school teacher.
Autobiography...
Relations...
Irmgard Wöhrl is the granddaughter to Johanna Raudaschl, a cook to the von Trapp's in Salzburg, Austria from June 1931 to January 1932.
Background...
Irmgard Wöhrl is a bank manager, cook artist and author, living in Austria. In 2004, she won cooking champ on ORF broadcast's "Frisch gekocht".
Cookbook...
Inspired by her Grandmother's receipes and stories, Irmgard published, with author Caroline Kleibel, "The Trapp Cookbook".
Relations...
Family friend and biographer
Background...
Previously a teacher, the author William Anderson has written or edited around 25 books focusing on extensive research.
Website:
www.williamandersonbooks.com
von Trapp related books...
Family Member: Agathe von Trapp
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Robert Whitehead Biography: Edwyn Gray
Relations...
Robert Whitehead (1823-1905), the inventor of the torpedo, was the grandfather to Agathe Whitehead (mother to the first seven von Trapp children).
Background...
Edwyn Gray was a British author who specialised in naval writing, although at times has written short stories. He recognised and appreciated Robert's genius and wrote his biography on the once famous "Whitehead". Unfortunately, Edwyn is no longer with us, as he died in