Frederick Trump facts for kids
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Frederick Trump
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Trump in 1918
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Friedrich Trump
March 14, 1869 Kallstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria
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| Died | May 30, 1918 (aged 49) New York City, U.S.
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| Resting place | All Faiths Cemetery, Queens, New York City |
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Elisabeth Christ
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| Children | 3, including Fred and John |
| Relatives | Trump family |
Frederick Trump (born Friedrich Trump March 14, 1869 – May 30, 1918) was a German-American barber and businessman. He was the patriarch of the Trump family and the paternal grandfather of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Born and raised in Kallstadt in what was then the Kingdom of Bavaria, Trump immigrated to the United States in 1885. In 1891, he began speculating in real estate in Seattle. During the Klondike Gold Rush, he moved to the Yukon and made his fortune by operating a restaurant for miners in Whitehorse.
In 1901, Trump returned to Kallstadt and married Elisabeth Christ. As he had purportedly immigrated to the United States in order to evade conscription, the Bavarian Government stripped him of his citizenship in 1905. Consequently, he returned to the United States with his family.
Trump worked as a barber and manager of a hotel and was beginning to acquire real estate in Queens when he died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
Images for kids
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Friedrich Trump, 1887
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U.S. Immigration records. Line 133 notes "Friedr. Trumpf." age 16, born in Kallstadt, Germany.
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Passport application of Friedrich Trump, 1896
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Frederick Trump (2nd from left) with his family, c. 1915
See also
In Spanish: Frederick Trump para niños
