Everyone on the von Trapp family tree
Each person on this von Trapp family tree has a row. Choose a period to list the people alive in it.
All 15 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ | August Johann TrappFather of Georg | 1836–1884 | A naval officer, made a Ritter. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| HW | Hedwig WeplerMother of Georg | 1855–1911 | Mother of Georg von Trapp. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
 | Georg von TrappNaval officer | 1880–1947 | Commanded U-5 and died at Stowe. | Find on the chart |
 | Agathe WhiteheadFirst wife | 1891–1922 | Granddaughter of Robert Whitehead. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
 | Maria von TrappSecond wife, author | 1905–1987 | Came as a tutor in 1926. | Find on the chart |
| RT | Rupert von TrappEldest son | 1911–1992 | A medical doctor. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Agathe von TrappEldest daughter | 1913–2010 | Taught kindergarten in Maryland. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Maria Franziska von TrappSecond daughter | 1914–2014 | A missionary in New Guinea. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| WT | Werner von TrappSecond son | 1915–2007 | Became a farmer. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Hedwig von TrappThird daughter | 1917–1972 | Became a music teacher. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Johanna von TrappFourth daughter | 1919–1994 | Returned to Austria. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Martina von TrappYoungest by Agathe | 1921–1951 | Buried at Stowe beside her father. | Find on the chart |
| RT | Rosmarie TrappDaughter of Maria | 1929–2022 | Settled in Vermont. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| ET | Eleonore von TrappDaughter of Maria | 1931–2021 | Called Lorli, settled in Vermont. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| JT | Johannes von TrappYoungest son | 1939– | Ran the lodge from 1969. | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The von Trapp family tree, the real family behind the film. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/von-trapp-family-tree
- MLA“The Von Trapp Family Tree, the Real Family Behind the Film.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/von-trapp-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Von Trapp Family Tree, the Real Family Behind the Film.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/von-trapp-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Von Trapp Family Tree, the Real Family Behind the Film. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/von-trapp-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
The files are drawn in this browser from the chart of the article, with the credit of every portrait under it.
Sources
Every source was opened on 10 November 2026. Where the sources disagree, the text says so.
National Archives, Prologue
Trapp Family Lodge
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Georg von Trapp, Isidor Harkányi, 1915.
- Agathe Whitehead, Unknown author, 1911.
- Maria von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- Agathe von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- Hedwig von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- Johanna von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- Maria Franziska von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- Martina von Trapp, C. M. Stieglitz, New York World-Telegram, 1940.
- The Trapp Family Singers in a promotional photograph of 1941, Larry Gordon, for the Metropolitan Music Bureau, 1941.
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