Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Trapnow, Ernest 1863 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

ERNEST TRAPTOW.

    Ernest Traptow is filling the position of township trustee in Calumet
township, and no more capable official can be found in Lake county or one who is
more loyal to the public interests and welfare. He resides in Tolleston and he
has a wide acquaintance in this portion of the state, for he is a native son of
Lake county, his birth having occurred at Clarke on the 29th of December, 1863.
His parents, Frederick and Caroline (Kurth) Traptow, were natives of Germany and
on crossing the Atlantic to the new world they made their way into the interior
of the country, settling in this county about 1861. They established their home
in Calumet township, where the father spent his remaining days, his death
occurring in 1897. His widow still survives. Their family numbered five
children, three sons and two daughters, and those still living are Ernest,
Reinhart and Bertha.

    Mr. Traptow is the second child. He was reared on the old home farm in
Calumet township and pursued his education in the schools of Tolleston and in
the district schools. When he had put aside his text books he learned the
carpenter's trade under the direction of his father, who was a carpenter and
joiner as well as an agriculturist and built most of the houses in Tolleston.
After the death of his father Mr. Traptow continued to engage in carpentering,
and has erected many of the houses in Tolleston and Clarke. He continued to
engage in contracting and building until he was elected trustee of Calumet
township in 1900, since which time he has given his full attention to the duties
of the office and has thus largely promoted the welfare of his community. He was
elected to this position on the Democratic ticket, and he has always been found
as a stalwart advocate of Democratic principles, keeping well informed on the
questions and issues of the day and doing all in his power to advance the
interests of his party in this community.

    With the exception of two and a half years spent in Minnesota Mr. Traptow
has passed his entire life in Lake county and is well known as a leading and
influential citizen here, whose worth is widely acknowledged in public affairs
and in private life.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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