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Frederick Trump
Frederick Trump was a German and American businessman. He was the patriarch of the Trump family and the paternal grandfather of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
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business · German and American businessman (1869–1918) · restaurateur · barber · hotel manager · businessperson · procurer · entrepreneur · also Frederick Trump, Friedrich Drumpf, Trump
Born 14 March 1869 · Died 27 May 1918 · Q21070387
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Trump and Infantino booed at World Cup final – video
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Public attention spiked: 5,994 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 1,949, with 3 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Former President Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich unsuccessfully petitioned the government of Bavaria (now southeast Germany) not to deport him and his family.” True.
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2021· 1 entry
“We live in the greatest country in the world, and we will never, ever, ever stop fighting.”
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2020· 2 entries
“Any senator or any congressman on this side that does not fight tomorrow, I’m telling you will not, their political career is over because the MAGA movement is going nowhere.”
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“My father built the skyline of New York City”
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2019· 2 entries
Claimed: “Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."” — rated Pants on Fire by PolitiFact.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.” Mostly False.
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2016· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Donald Trump's ancestors changed their surname from "Drumpf" to "Trump."” Mostly True.
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“We have all the funding we need out of Russia.”
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“Where are Republicans! Have some backbone. Fight against this fraud. Our voters will never forget you if you're sheep!”
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2015· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Donald Trump's grandfather Frederick Trump was a pimp and drug dealer who made his fortune running a brothel and opium den.” Mostly False.
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1984· 1 entry
“My father's simple message - It's not an anti-Muslim message, it's [an] anti-terror message. You know, we have ISIS and they're running rampant around the world and we have to do something about it.”
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1918· 2 entries
While walking with his son Fred, Trump suddenly felt extremely sick and was rushed to bed
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Died 1918-05-27.
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1908· 1 entry
Trump bought real estate on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven
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1905· 1 entry
“the much-loved, noble, wise and righteous sovereign and sublime ruler”
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1901· 1 entry
Trump returned to Kallstadt and married fellow Bavarian Elisabeth Christ
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1900· 1 entry
The 111-mile (179 km) White Pass and Yukon Route, a railroad between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon, was completed
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1896· 1 entry
As justice of the peace by a 32-to-5 margin
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1894· 1 entry
Trump sold the Dairy Restaurant, and in March, he moved to the emerging mining town of Monte Cristo, Washington, in Snohomish County north of Seattle
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1891· 2 entries
Trump moved to Seattle, in the newly admitted U
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Began speculating in real estate in Seattle
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1889· 1 entry
Monte Cristo was expected to produce a fortune in gold and silver
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1885· 2 entries
The Bavarian government stripped him of his citizenship in 1905 and ordered him to leave
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At age 16, Trump immigrated via Bremerhaven, Germany, to the United States aboard the steamship Eider, departing on October 7 and arriving at the Castle Garden Immigrant Landing Depot in New York City on October 19
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1883· 2 entries
Then aged 14, he was sent to nearby Frankenthal by his mother to work as a barber's apprentice and learn the trade
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– and her husband Fred Schuster, also from Kallstadt
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1877· 1 entry
Aged 48, leaving the family in severe debt from medical expenses
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1871· 1 entry
Bavaria became a part of the newly formed German Empire
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1869· 1 entry
Born 1869-03-14.
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