Welcome to the Thrap Family Web Site

Welcome to the Thrap Family Web Site !

This page is dedicated to our Family and Friends who are spread far and wide around the globe.

FAMILY ORIGIN:

One of my ancestors lived in Rome at the time of Emperor Nero and decided to leave for Scandinavia with his family of 53 persons including valets. According to research undertaken by the historians

Dr. Friederich von Kruse and Johannes Locicii (Germany and Italy)

Michatonis Lituani (Lithuania)

it has been possible to recall the origins of family MOHN until the time of the Emperor Néron. An influential and rich knight in Rome, Claudio Démone , placed his soldiers at the disposal to protect

the Bishop St Pierre (the first Pope) when this one was attacked, martyrizysed and assassinated in the Park of the Vatican by Néron year 64. In recognition of his heroic act the VATICAN set up a statue of Claudio Démone which is today located in the room photographed on the site.

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/SC-Gallery.jpg

See also www.thrap.net/famo.htm regarding family origins.

FAMILY PROVERBS:

A quote from George Bernard Shaw:

"Life is no brief candle but a sort of splendid torch"

and here is proof from our 50 years in France:

http://www.thrap.net/50years.mht

vita non est vivere sed valere vita est
life is more than merely staying alive

In stillness death - in movement life

Coral can only thrive in very clean and salty water that is in constant movement. This is why coral dies on the leeward side of a reef. On the windward side, where the waves and the current are strongest, it grows and develops beautiful, large colonies. However, it is the older and calcified parts of the reef that give it the strength and stamina to resist the wash of the waves for centuries. The Latin text reads:

In tranquillo mors - in fluctu vita.

FAMILY HABIT: Let us every day practice the five TIBETAN RITES

http://www.thrap.net/fiverites.pdf

Family News ADDECHE www.thrap.net/news.htm

Maria at sea www.thrap.net/maria.htm

Alvar Gullstrand http://www.thrap.net/gullstrand.htm

Gustaf Banér http://members.tripod.com/minata/bps_14_feb.html

http://www.thrap.net/baner.htm

Favorite Links:

Rotary GORDES http://www.rotary-gordes.com

EUROTARY87 http://www.thrap.net/eurotary.htm

Lagnes http://www.beyond.fr/villages/lagnes.html