Nils Olsson Kullqvist1

M, b. 27 September 1845, d. 30 October 1902
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FatherOlof Persson1 b. 19 Jan 1812, d. 29 May 1880
MotherBritta Nilsdotter1 b. 1 Aug 1812, d. 25 Jan 1855
Relationships
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Astrid Elizabeth Bäcklund
3rd cousin 3 times removed of John William Van Dyke
3rd cousin 3 times removed of Walter Carl Van Dyke
     Nils Olsson Kullqvist, son of Olof Persson and Britta Nilsdotter, was born on 27 September 1845 at Östra Ämtervik, Värmland, Sverige.1

     Nils Olsson Kullqvist emigrated on 31 October 1879, from Örebro Län, Sverige. His final destination, Chicago, Illinois.2

     Nils wason the sailing ship "Orlando" passenger list on 31 October 1879, departing Göteborg, Sverige. His destination was Hull, England.3

     Nils married Anna Maria Kropp on 19 December 1879.4

     Nils died on 30 October 1902, at Guldsmedshytte, Örebro, Sverige, at age 57.5,6

Children of Nils Olsson Kullqvist and Anna Maria Kropp

Last Edited=9 Nov 2018

Citations

  1. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, kyrkböcker, 1500-1941 Sweden, Church Records, 1500-1941 County: Värmland Parish: Östra Ämtervik Record Type: Födde (Birth) Year Range: 1833 - 1860 GID Number: 552.26.35400 Volume: C:6 Roll/Fiche Number: XY-989.
  2. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Swedish Emigration Records, 1783-1951
    Name: Nils Olsson Birth Year: abt 1845 Gender: Man Place of Origin: Nya Kopparberg Örebro Län, Sverige Destination: Chicago Record Date: 31 Oct 1879 Port of Departure: Göteborg Database Name: EmiHamn Archive Call Number: 13:777:6537 Principal Person: Olsson Nils.
  3. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Göteborg, Sverige, passagerarlistor, 1869 - 1951
    Name:     Nils Olson Departure Date: 31 Okt 1879 Departure Place: Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sverige Ship Name: Orlando Birth Date: abt 1845 Birth Place: Nya Kapparberg Age: 34 Destination: Hull, England.
  4. [S98] Compiler: Anki Lindkvist Anki Lindkvist, Information research by Anki Lindkvist, Location: Sweden, Posted, No further information.
  5. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sweden, Select Burials, 1649-1920
    Name: Nils Olsson Kullqvist Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 57 Birth Date: 27 Sep 1845 Death Date: 30 Oct 1902 Death Place: Örebro, Sweden FHL Film Number: 1644333.
  6. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sweden, Selected Indexed Death Records, 1899-1941
    Name: Nils Olsson Kunqvist Gender: Man Age: 57 Birth Date: 27 Sep 1845 Death Date: 30 Okt 1902 Death Place: Guldsmedshytte, Örebro, Sverige: GID Number: 2759.3.2800 Roll number: CK0649.
  7. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911 about John F Kolquist Name: John F Kolquist Gender: Male Birth Place: Menominee, Michigan Birth Date: 3 Jun 1881 Baptism Place: Menominee, Michigan Father's Name: Nels Kolquist Mother's Name: Annie M FHL Film Number: 1017365.
  8. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1880-1930 Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1930 about Bror Algot Child's Given Name: Bror Algot Birth Date: 28 aug 1884 Birth Place: Grangärde, Kopparberg (Dalarna) Father: Nils Kindqvist Mother: Anna Maria Klapp Mother Birth Date: abt 1854 Mother Age: 30 GID Number: 100020.52.57200 Roll/Fiche Number: SC-1078 Volume: 815.
  9. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1880-1930 Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1930 about Nils Bernhard Child's Given Name: Nils Bernhard Birth Date: 22 apr 1887 Birth Place: Lindesberg landsförsamling, Örebro Father: Nils Olsson Källqvist Mother: Anna Maria Kropp Mother Birth Date: abt 1855 Mother Age: 32 GID Number: 100018.69.36600 Roll/Fiche Number: SC-1030 Volume: 904.

Maria Augusta Kutschera1

F, b. 26 January 1905, d. 28 March 1987
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Maria Augusta Kutschera, 2nd. wife of Georg L. R. von Trapp
     Maria Augusta Kutschera was born on 26 January 1905 at Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna (Wien), Austria.1

     Maria abstract:
Born Maria Augusta Kutschera on a train enroute to Vienna, Austria, her mother died when she was just two years old. Her father left her with a cousin, so that he could travel, and she was raised as a socialist and atheist, becoming cynical towards all religions. Her attitude changed while in college, when she entered a crowded church believing she was about to hear a Bach concert, only to find that it was a sermon by a visiting Jesuit priest, Father Kronseder. Caught up in the crowd so that she couldn't leave, she soon found herself caught up in his words. At the end of his sermon, she grabbed his elbow demanding, "Do you believe all this?" They got together afterwards to discuss religion, and soon she converted to Christianity. In 1924, she entered the Nonnberg Benedictine Convent intending to become a nun, but in 1926, she was sent to become a governess at the home of a widowed retired Austrian Navy Captain, Georg Ritter von Trapp, with seven children (the Captain's first wife, Agathe, had died of scarlet fever in 1922). They quickly fell in love, and on November 26, 1927, they married, with Maria becoming the stepmother of his seven children: Maria, Rupert, Agathe, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna and Martina. Two years later, Rosemarie was born, and in 1931, Eleonore was born. During the Great Depression, when the family business failed, Georg started a chicken farm to support his family. In 1936, Maria and family friend Monsignor Franz Wasner began the Trapp Family Singers, and they soon became well known when they received high honors at the 1936 Salzburg Music Festival. In 1938, Austria and Nazi Germany were united in the Anschluss (Union), at which the von Trapps made little secret that they were horrified at the rise of the Nazis. German dictator Adolph Hitler invited them to sing at his birthday celebration, but they declined. Georg also turned down the offer of a commission in the German Navy. With increased Nazi pressure to embrace the new regime, the family decided to leave Austria for the United States, arriving in early 1939. They initially settled down in Merion, Pennsylvania, where their last child, Johannes von Trapp, was born. In 1942, they purchased the old Gale Farm in Stowe, Vermont, which in 1950 became the Trapp Family Lodge, offering guests sweeping mountain views in an Austrian style main lodge. Georg von Trapp died in May 1947, and Maria became the head of the family. In 1950, at the urging of a family friend, Maria wrote the family story in the book, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers" (1950), which eventually was turned into the successful Broadway musical by Rogers and Hammerstein (1959), and the movie, "The Sound of Music" (1965). In 1957, the Trapp Family Singers broke up and went their separate ways. Maria and three of her children became missionaries in the South Pacific. After several years, she returned to Vermont, and managed the Trapp Family Lodge until her death in 1987, at the age of 82. Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson.1


     Maria, married Capt. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp in 1927.1

     Maria died on 28 March 1987, at Copley Hospital, Morrisville, Lamoille, Vermont, at age 82,1 and was buried at Trapp Family Lodge Grounds, Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont.1

Census

     Maria and Georg appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, at Merion Road, enumerated 7 April 1940. Their children, Rupert, Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina, Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina, Werner, Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina and Johanna were listed as living with them. As an item of interest, a dollar in 1940 would equal $21.35 in the year 2022. A $3.50 gallon of milk in 2022 would have cost $.17 cents in 1940.2

     Maria appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont, enumerated 15 April 1950..3

Obituary

30 March 1987

Maria von Trapp, 82, life inspired 'Sound of Music'

STOWE, Vt. Maria Augusta von Trapp, the guiding force behind a family of singers who won world reknown when their story was portrayed in the play and film The Sound of Music, died of heart failure Saturday in Morrisville, Vt., three days after undergoing surgery. She was 82, and had lived in Stowe, Vt., for more than 40 years. Mrs. von Trapp was hospitalized Wednesday at the Copley Hospital in Morrisville for gangrene of the small bowel along with heart and diabetic problems, her son, Johannes von Trapp, said. The story of the von Trapp family, which fled Austria to avoid complicity with Nazi rule and toured the United States as the Trapp Family Choir, was transformed into one of the movie industry's greatest financial successes, with the release of The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews in 1965. Mrs. von Trapp, who had studied to become a nun before marrying an Austrian war hero, Baron Georg von Trapp, in 1927, said she and the rest of the family received little of the $180-million in revenues from the film. However, she praised it (or honestly depicting her life story. She was born in 1905. After she graduated from the State Teachers College for Progressive Education in Vienna at age 18, she became a candidate for the novitiate at a Benedictine convent in Salzburg. The abbess of the convent sent her to become a governess at the villa outside Salzburg of Baron Georg von Trapp, a highly decorated WWI submarine commander, who had retired with his seven children after his first wife's death. The young woman quickly won the affection of the children. She married the baron in November 1927. The couple later had three children. In August 1936, the family's informal singing became a professional enterprise when they won a choral competition at the Salzburg Festival. The Trapp Family Choir conducted a full tour of Europe the next year. When Austria fell under Nazi rule in March 1938, the family realized that its performances could only continue if it cooperated with the government. They fled with only a few possessions to Italy, then sailed on to New York, arriving penniless. Their first major concert, which brought the Trapp Family Choir national attention, took place in New York on Dec. 10, 1938. The family bought a 660-acre farm in Stowe in 1942, which later became a lodge and summer music camp. The baron died in 1947 at the age of 57.4

Children of Maria Augusta Kutschera and Capt. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp

Last Edited=20 Nov 2022

Citations

  1. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave memorial # 1610.
  2. [S14] Census of the United States, 1940 U S Federal Census, Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, Sheet 4 A, line 20 thru 33.
  3. [S172] Census of the United States, 1950 U S Federal Census, Stowe, Vermont, Sheet 12, line 11 thru 27.
  4. [S9] Unknown author, General Newspaper Items: Varied, Location: Varied, Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida
    30 Mar 1987, Mon Page 21.
  5. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave memorial # 63453756.
  6. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1954
    Name: Rosmarie Von Trapp [Rosa Maria Agathe Erentrudis Trapp] Race: White Certificate Age: 21 Naturalization Age: 21 Birth Date: 8 Feb 1929 Birth Place:     Salzburg, Austria Record Type: Naturalization
    Departure Place: Toronto, Canada Certificate Date: abt 1950 Naturalization Date:     abt 1950
    Naturalization Place: Vermont, USA Courthouse: District Court, Vermont Ship: Canadian National Railroad.
  7. [S172] Census of the United States, 1950 U S Federal Census, Stowe, Vermont, Sheet 12, line 17.

Hendrick C. Kuypers1

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     Hendrick married Jannetje Verkerk, daughter of Roelof Jansen Verkerk and Catharine Simons.1

Family: Hendrick C. Kuypers and Jannetje Verkerk

Last Edited=13 Mar 2019

Citations

  1. [S58] A. M., Ph.D. Compiler: William B. Aitken, Distinguished Families In America ..... Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Found on Page 201.

Anna Axelina Kvarnstro¨m1,2

F, b. 17 October 1897, d. 23 February 1986
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     Anna Axelina Kvarnstro¨m was born on 17 October 1897 at Sunnemo, Värmland, Sverige.1

     Anna married Olof Gottfrid Jansson, son of Johannes Jansson and Kajsa Olsson, on 24 August 1918, at Munkfors Kapell, Värmland, Sverige.3

     Anna died on 23 February 1986, at Munkfors, Värmland, Sverige, at age 88.4

Children of Anna Axelina Kvarnstro¨m and Olof Gottfrid Jansson

Last Edited=15 Sep 2023

Citations

  1. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1860-1941
    Child's Given Name: Anna Axelina Birth Date: 17 Okt 1897 Birth Place: Sunnemo, Värmland, Sweden Father: Anders Gustaf Svenström Father Birth Date: 11 Jul 1865 Mother: Anna Kristina Eriksdotter Mother Birth Date: 10 Aug 1866 Mother Age: 31 GID Number: 100017.71.9800 Roll/Fiche Number: SC-1623 Volume: HIAA:1201.
  2. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1880-1920
    Name: Anna Axelina Birth Date: 17 Okt 1897 Birth Place: Sunnemo, Värmland, Sverige Father: Anders Gustaf Svenström Mother: Anna Kristina Eriksdotter Father Birth Date: 11 Jul 1865 Mother Birth Date: 10 Aug 1866 Page number: 0/0 Volume: HIAA:1201.
  3. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sweden, Indexed Marriage Records, 1860-1943
    Name: Anna Axelina Maiden Name: Kvarnström Gender: Kvinna Age: 20 Birth Date: 17 Okt 1897 Marriage Date: 24 Aug 1918 Parish: Munkfors Kapell Marriage Place: Munkfors Kapell, Värmland, Sverige Spouse: Olof Gottfrid Jansson.
  4. [S98] Compiler: Anki Lindkvist Anki Lindkvist, Information research by Anki Lindkvist, Location: Sweden, Posted, No further information.
  5. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1860-1941
    Child's Given Name: Anna Margareta Birth Date: 8 Aug 1922 Birth Place: Munkfors, Värmland, Sweden Father: Olof Gottfrid Jansson Father Birth Date: 27 Jul 1890 Mother: Anna Axelina Kvarnström Mother Birth Date: 17 Okt 1897 Mother Age: 25 GID Number: 100017.108.15500 Roll/Fiche Number: CL1150 Volume: SCB.
  6. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1859-1943
    Name: Anders Olov Ingmar Birth Date: 27 Dec 1927 Birth Place: Munkfors, Värmland, Sverige Father: Olov Gottfrid Jansson Mother: Anna Axelina Kvarnström Father Birth Date: 27 Jul 1898 Mother Birth Date: 17 Okt 1897 Volume: SCB.

Stig Göran Käll1

M, b. 8 June 1931
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     Stig Göran Käll was born on 8 June 1931 at Nedre Ullerud, Värmland, Sverige.1

     Stig married Anna Inga Britt Åhlin, daughter of Anders Paul Åhlin and Rut Eleonora Oskarsson.2

Family: Stig Göran Käll and Anna Inga Britt Åhlin

Last Edited=29 Sep 2018

Citations

  1. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Sverige, namnindexerade födelseuppgifter, 1859-1943
    Name: Stig Göran Birth Date: 8 Jun 1931 Birth Place: Nedre Ullerud, Värmland, Sverige Father: Gunnar Manfred Käll Mother: Ester Matilda Magnusson Father Birth Date: 17 Sept 1901 Mother Birth Date: 14 Mar 1903 Volume: SCB.
  2. [S98] Compiler: Anki Lindkvist Anki Lindkvist, Information research by Anki Lindkvist, Location: Sweden, Not Posted, No further information.
 
Compiler: John W. Van Dyke: John W. Van Dyke