Leila Trapmann Explained
Leila Gardner von Meister (; 1871 - 1957) was an Anglo-American author.
Life and career
Trapmann was born in 1871 in Sunbury-on-Thames to German-American plantation owners from Charleston, South Carolina.[1] [2]
Trapmann wrote and illustrated The Spoofah and the Antidote in 1898.[3]
In 1900, Trapmann married German politician Karl Wilhelm von Meister at St Peters Church in London.[4] [5] They celebrated their silver wedding anniversary 25 years later.[6]
Trapmann and Meister had their first child, Friedrich Wilhelm von Meister on 19 July 1903.[5] Kaiser Wilhelm II telegrammed the family expressing his wish to become the child's godson.[7]
Trapmann died in 1957 in the United States.[2]
Works
- The Spoofah and the Antidote (1898)
- On Board the "Deutschland" (1925)
- Gathered Yesterdays (1968, posthumous). Memoir.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Meister, Leila Trapmann von. 1963 . Gathered Yesterdays. G. Bles . 5.
- Book: Gillmeister, Heiner . 1 October 1998 . Tennis: Cultural History . A&C Black . 371–373. 0718501950.
- . N* 1685, Oct. 15, '98 . 1898. The Publishers Circular. 69.
- News: News of Noted Persons. The Billings Gazette. Library of Congress. 26 January 1900. 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
- Book: 1935. Chronikblätter für die Familie Luyken und ihre Anverwandten. Chronicle sheets for the Luyken family and their relatives. German. 327. 2. Familienverband Luyken.
- Book: 1925. Chronikblätter für die Familie Luyken und ihre Anverwandten. Chronicle sheets for the Luyken family and their relatives. German. 195. 1. Familienverband Luyken.
- News: Great Honor: Emperor William pays it to very young subject. Will be godfather of former London woman's child. Her husband is one of the Kaiser's favourites.. . 23 August 1903 . 33 . . 28 March 2021.
