Frederick Christ Trump Sr. was the patriarch of the Trump family. He and Mary Anne MacLeod, his wife of 63 years, had five children: Maryanne, Elizabeth, Fred Jr., Donald and Robert.
Though Donald has claimed that his father was born in Germany, Fred Sr. was born in New York City in 1905. While he was still in high school, 15-year-old Fred started his own construction company — building garages for the newly popular automobiles — with his mother Elizabeth as his partner, according to The New York Times. Fred’s business was so successful that he was able to put his younger brother through college and two graduate programs.
The bulk of Fred’s success and wealth came from building low- and moderate-income housing in Brooklyn and Queens after World War II. Throughout his real estate career, Fred built more than 27,000 apartments and row homes in the outer boroughs of N.Y.C. — and was worth an estimated $300 million by his death on June 25, 1999.
“If I ever wanted to be known as more than Fred Trump’s son, I was eventually going to have to go out and make my own mark,” Donald once said about his father’s career.
Fred married Mary Anne MacLeod in January 1936. The couple shared five children, whom they raised in Queens, and eight grandchildren — but the family patriarch was described as emotionally abusive in his granddaughter Mary L. Trump’s 2020 tell-all book Too Much and Never Enough. In her book, Mary alleged Fred was a “high-functioning sociopath” who was controlling, unrelenting and heartless to his children and grandchildren — an account that his children Donald and Robert have disputed.
The matriarch of the Trump family was Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. A Scottish immigrant, Mary married Fred Sr. in 1936 and settled in Jamaica, Queens. Together, they had five children, eight grandchildren and — at the time of her death in 2000 — four great-grandchildren.
The daughter of a fisherman, Mary was the youngest of 10 children and was born in May 1912 on a remote island in Scotland. She reportedly met Fred at a party in the 1930s. According to The New Yorker, the 1930 census listed her occupation as “maid” or “domestic” — but after marrying Fred in 1936, Mary turned her focus to raising their children, later with the help of a Scottish nanny.
“She was a very traditional housewife, but she also had a sense of the world beyond her,” Donald wrote about his mother in his 1987 book The Art of the Deal.
As the family’s wealth grew, Mary became an active philanthropist. She lent her time to several causes, including organizations for adults with intellectual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy, The New Yorker reported. She died in August 2000 at the age of 88.
Frederick Christ “Freddy” Trump Jr. was born to Fred Sr. and Mary in 1938. He married Linda Clapp in 1962, and the couple had two children: Frederick III and Mary Trump, who would later write a book about her family in 2020.
As the eldest son, Freddy was expected to take over his father’s real estate business. Instead, Freddy had ambitions to be a pilot — which led to tensions with both his father and his younger brother Donald. He developed alcoholism in the 1960s; in the 1970s, Freddy quit flying, got divorced and went back to living at his parents’ house in Queens, The New York Times reported.
In September 1981, Freddy died from a heart attack linked to alcoholism. He was 42 years old.
“He was a fantastic guy, but he got stuck on alcohol,” Donald told PEOPLE about his older brother in 2015. The former president also described Freddy’s death as having a “profound impact” on his life.
Freddy’s contentious relationship with his father carried on to both of his children, Fred III and Mary — even after his death. According to The New York Times, Fred Sr. removed Fred Jr. and his descendants from his will, resulting in a lawsuit from Fred III and Mary. The suit was eventually settled — but not before Donald suspended medical benefits for Fred III and his family — including his infant son, who had cerebral palsy — out of anger. Mary, who wrote in Too Much and Never Enough that Fred Sr. destroyed her father, was also sued in June 2020 by her uncle Robert to prevent her from publishing the book.
His linage is from Germany and the only male member to be of service in their Country's Military was Fred Trump, Jr. ( Mary's pop)
His grandparents were not allowed back into the Country of their birth, because his grandpop ( Fred, sr) was a draft dodger, also.
That Germany thing was ConOld's lie about his father. He was not from Germany, he was from NYC. The trump family was never from Germany.
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. was the patriarch of the Trump family. He and Mary Anne MacLeod, his wife of 63 years, had five children: Maryanne, Elizabeth, Fred Jr., Donald and Robert.
Though Donald has claimed that his father was born in Germany, Fred Sr. was born in New York City in 1905. While he was still in high school, 15-year-old Fred started his own construction company — building garages for the newly popular automobiles — with his mother Elizabeth as his partner, according to The New York Times. Fred’s business was so successful that he was able to put his younger brother through college and two graduate programs.
The bulk of Fred’s success and wealth came from building low- and moderate-income housing in Brooklyn and Queens after World War II. Throughout his real estate career, Fred built more than 27,000 apartments and row homes in the outer boroughs of N.Y.C. — and was worth an estimated $300 million by his death on June 25, 1999.
“If I ever wanted to be known as more than Fred Trump’s son, I was eventually going to have to go out and make my own mark,” Donald once said about his father’s career.
Fred married Mary Anne MacLeod in January 1936. The couple shared five children, whom they raised in Queens, and eight grandchildren — but the family patriarch was described as emotionally abusive in his granddaughter Mary L. Trump’s 2020 tell-all book Too Much and Never Enough. In her book, Mary alleged Fred was a “high-functioning sociopath” who was controlling, unrelenting and heartless to his children and grandchildren — an account that his children Donald and Robert have disputed.
The matriarch of the Trump family was Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. A Scottish immigrant, Mary married Fred Sr. in 1936 and settled in Jamaica, Queens. Together, they had five children, eight grandchildren and — at the time of her death in 2000 — four great-grandchildren.
The daughter of a fisherman, Mary was the youngest of 10 children and was born in May 1912 on a remote island in Scotland. She reportedly met Fred at a party in the 1930s. According to The New Yorker, the 1930 census listed her occupation as “maid” or “domestic” — but after marrying Fred in 1936, Mary turned her focus to raising their children, later with the help of a Scottish nanny.
“She was a very traditional housewife, but she also had a sense of the world beyond her,” Donald wrote about his mother in his 1987 book The Art of the Deal.
As the family’s wealth grew, Mary became an active philanthropist. She lent her time to several causes, including organizations for adults with intellectual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy, The New Yorker reported. She died in August 2000 at the age of 88.
Frederick Christ “Freddy” Trump Jr. was born to Fred Sr. and Mary in 1938. He married Linda Clapp in 1962, and the couple had two children: Frederick III and Mary Trump, who would later write a book about her family in 2020.
As the eldest son, Freddy was expected to take over his father’s real estate business. Instead, Freddy had ambitions to be a pilot — which led to tensions with both his father and his younger brother Donald. He developed alcoholism in the 1960s; in the 1970s, Freddy quit flying, got divorced and went back to living at his parents’ house in Queens, The New York Times reported.
In September 1981, Freddy died from a heart attack linked to alcoholism. He was 42 years old.
“He was a fantastic guy, but he got stuck on alcohol,” Donald told PEOPLE about his older brother in 2015. The former president also described Freddy’s death as having a “profound impact” on his life.
Freddy’s contentious relationship with his father carried on to both of his children, Fred III and Mary — even after his death. According to The New York Times, Fred Sr. removed Fred Jr. and his descendants from his will, resulting in a lawsuit from Fred III and Mary. The suit was eventually settled — but not before Donald suspended medical benefits for Fred III and his family — including his infant son, who had cerebral palsy — out of anger. Mary, who wrote in Too Much and Never Enough that Fred Sr. destroyed her father, was also sued in June 2020 by her uncle Robert to prevent her from publishing the book.
YouTube has a video on the complete family tree, from Germany to the present time.
Not v a one of the males, except Freddy, Jr. served in the Military of their homeland.