Elizabeth Christ Trump
| Elizabeth Christ Trump | |
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| Born |
Elisabeth Christ October 10, 1880 Kallstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | June 6, 1966 (aged 85) Manhasset, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality |
German American |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
| Spouse(s) | Frederick Trump (m. 1902; d. 1918) |
| Children | Elizabeth, Fred, and John |
| Parent(s) | Philipp Christ, Marie Anthon |
Elizabeth Christ Trump (born Elisabeth Christ; October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966) was a German-born American businesswoman and is considered the matriarch of the Trump family. She married Frederick Trump in 1902. While raising their three children, the early death of her husband in 1918 required her to manage his properties in order to support her family. She founded the real estate development company Elizabeth Trump & Son with her son Fred. The company, now known as The Trump Organization, is currently owned and formerly managed by her grandson, Donald Trump, who is the 45th President of the United States. Her great grandsons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are trustees of the family business during their father's presidency.
Elizabeth Trump was born as Elisabeth Christ in Kallstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria, the daughter of Philipp Christ by his wife Anna Maria Christ (née Anthon). While the family owned a little vineyard, the income from that was not adequate to meet their needs, and Philipp Christ worked as a tinker who repaired and polished old utensils and also sold pots and pans. He ran his trade from his house on Freinsheimer Straße in Kallstadt, which was just across the street from the home of the Trump family, where Katharina Trump, an elderly widow, lived with her six children.
Katharina's son Friedrich had emigrated to America in 1885 at the age of 16 and made his fortune with restaurants in the Klondike Gold Rush. When he returned to Germany in 1901, he wooed Elisabeth over the objections of his mother, who felt that her prosperous son could and should find a bride from a wealthier and more refined family than Elisabeth's. Nonetheless, Frederick proposed to Elisabeth, who accepted, and they were married on 26 August 1902. He was 33 and she was 22-years-old. Frederick and Elisabeth moved to New York and they set up house in an apartment in the predominantly German quarter of Morrisania in the Bronx. Elizabeth (as her name was spelled in the US) kept house, while Frederick worked as a restaurant and hotel manager. Their first child, a daughter whom they named Elizabeth, was born on April 20, 1904.
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