Agathe Whitehead

Description: (First wife of Georg Ritter von Trapp)
Agathe Whitehead christened the Austrian submarine SM U-5 in 1909. She later married Georg Ritter von Trapp in 1911. During World War I, she took her children to stay with relatives while her husband served as a naval commander. She contributed to the war effort by knitting clothes and rolling bandages. After the war, the family was granted Italian citizenship and later moved to Klosterneuburg. Agathe passed away in 1922.

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Birthday June 14, 1891 (Gemini)
Born In Rijeka, Croatia
Died on September 3, 1922
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