Trapp, Katherine Mrs. Mathias 1847-1902

TRAPP, THELEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/24/2012 at 05:47:27

Alton Democrat of Nov 22, 1902
Mrs. Mathias Trapp died at her home south of town last Friday at the age of fifty-seven years from injuries received from a fall. Last Wednesday while climbing a ladder to get some corn from the crib she fell and broke her limb just above the knee also sustaining internal injuries.
Paralysis set in and death followed Friday morning. The funeral was held on Monday at St. Joseph's church Rev. Gerlemann conducting the ceremonies. Interment took place at Ihe catholic cemetery. The diseased leaves a sorrowing husband
and three sons and three daughters.
(The famiy found in the 1885 census consisted of Mathias Trapp born abt 1838 in Germany, wife Katy age 37, Children Maria 12, Anna 10, Mina 7, Herman 5, and Heinrich 0, In the 1900 census two more children were added Peter 14, and Catherine 11. It is believed that Catherine/Katherine's maiden name may have been Thelen as found in a child's entry in the 1925 census)