DESCENDANTS OF KARL TRAPP
I have close to nothing information on this family, the few data I've gathered was in the Public Archives in Porto Alegre.
Carl Trapp was born in Germany in aprox. 1841.
Married with Johanna, born aprox. in 1844
Arrived in Brazil on 1890 then headed to the Colony of Antonio Chaves (now Veranópolis), where they arrived on 26 Apr 1890
They had the following children:
August (age:25)
Auguste (age:20)
Carl (age:18)
Bertha (age:16)
Lina (age:14)
Emil (age:9)
Ida (age:3)
Carl (the father), received the plot number 123, with 30,2 hectares, from the government in 1890 in the Linha Julio de Castilhos, finished to pay it in 1901. And paid 0.62 mil réis per square fathom.
Carl (the son), received the plot number 76, with 25 hectares, in the Linha Tiradentes near the 1900s (seems that it was never paid). The price 1.50 mil réis per square fathom.
If you are interested in more History of that time consult:
History of the German colonization in Rio Grande do Sul . (in Portuguese)
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