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  1. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1609. Source citation. Austrian Naval Officer. He was the patriarch of the talented von Trapp Family, who were the inspiration for the 1965 American musical drama film, The Sound of Music. Unfortunately, the musical takes some liberties with the true story of the von Trapp Family. Born Georg Trapp in Zara, Croatia in ...

  2. Georg Ludwig 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. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I , [b] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing 12,641 tons ...

  3. Mar 2, 2015 · Unlike in the film when they wed as the Nazis were taking control of Austria in 1938, 47-year-old Georg von Trapp and 22-year-old Maria wed more than a decade earlier on November 26, 1927. 5.

  4. Georg & Agathe. Despite building the 'ultimate weapon', the invention was meant to end war. History & Genealogy: Learn about the von Trapp & Whitehead families. Discover 10 generations, including musicians, artists, inventors, doctors, freedom-fighters, and more.

  5. Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp was born on April 4, 1880, in Zara, Austria, on the Dalmatian coast. The son of an Austrian Naval Officer, he graduated from the Naval Academy in Fiume. Following graduation, he and his class sailed around the world in a schooner, taking measurements for their charts.

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