Leila Trapmann

Leila Gardner von Meister
Leila von Meister with her husband. 1925.
Leila von Meister with her husband. 1925.
BornLeila Trapmann
1871
Sunbury-on-Thames, England
Died1957
OccupationAuthor
SpouseKarl Wilhelm von Meister

Leila Gardner von Meister (née Trapmann; 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.

References

  1. ^ Meister, Leila Trapmann von (1963). Gathered Yesterdays. G. Bles. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b Gillmeister, Heiner (1 October 1998). Tennis: Cultural History. A&C Black. pp. 371–373. ISBN 0718501950.
  3. ^ "N* 1685, Oct. 15, '98". The Publishers Circular. Vol. 69. 1898.
  4. ^ "News of Noted Persons". The Billings Gazette. No. 26 January 1900. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. p. 2.
  5. ^ a b Chronikblätter für die Familie Luyken und ihre Anverwandten [Chronicle sheets for the Luyken family and their relatives] (in German). Vol. 2. 1935. p. 327 – via Familienverband Luyken. {{cite book}}: External link in |via= (help)
  6. ^ Chronikblätter für die Familie Luyken und ihre Anverwandten [Chronicle sheets for the Luyken family and their relatives] (in German). Vol. 1. 1925. p. 195 – via Familienverband Luyken. {{cite book}}: External link in |via= (help)
  7. ^ "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". Detroit Free Press. 23 August 1903. p. 33. Retrieved 28 March 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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