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Gertraut Rapp

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Gertraut Rapp

Birth
Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Dec 1889 (aged 81)
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Member of the Harmony Society

She was the granddaughter of Harmony Society founder Johann Georg Rapp.

She established managed the Society's silk industry. She played the pianoforte and the reed piano, sang soprano, and organized the women's choral group, and also taught music theory class. She painted in water colors and sculpted wax flowers.

Source(s):

English, Eileen Aiken, Demographic Directory of the Harmony Society, Richard W. Couper Press, 2011

Pennsylvania State Archives, Manuscript Group 185, Microfilm roll 2, Genealogical Materials (ca. 1848-1900) - located at Old Economy Village (includes burial list written by Trustee John S. Duss)

Member of the Harmony Society

She was the granddaughter of Harmony Society founder Johann Georg Rapp.

She established managed the Society's silk industry. She played the pianoforte and the reed piano, sang soprano, and organized the women's choral group, and also taught music theory class. She painted in water colors and sculpted wax flowers.

Source(s):

English, Eileen Aiken, Demographic Directory of the Harmony Society, Richard W. Couper Press, 2011

Pennsylvania State Archives, Manuscript Group 185, Microfilm roll 2, Genealogical Materials (ca. 1848-1900) - located at Old Economy Village (includes burial list written by Trustee John S. Duss)



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