History and Friedrich Trump
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:22 pm
A historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump’s grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come back.
Friedrich Trump, a German, was issued with the document in February 1905, and ordered to leave the kingdom of Bavaria within eight weeks as punishment for having failed to do mandatory military service and failing to give authorities notice of his departure to the US when he first emigrated in 1885.
He emigrated to the US aged 16 initially to escape poverty, attracted by the gold rush. He quickly turned his attention to catering for the masses of other gold hunters in Alaska, later running a brothel for them, and there made his fortune.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/trump-grandfather-friedrich-banished-germany-historian-royal-decree