TRAPNELL, Richard Watkins^{[1, 2]}

1950 - 2011  (61 years)

• Name	TRAPNELL, Richard Watkins
  Birth	23 Apr 1950	New York, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Harvard  [2]
  Occupation	Founder of Rosebud Farm, Kuranda Australia  [3]
  Death	6 Jun 2011	Kuranda, Australia
  	Cause: Cancer
  Notes	From Delaware Online Obit: Rich Trapnell, 61, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2011, after a short but courageous battle with cancer, near his home in Kuranda, Australia. He was predeceased by his parents: Richard W. Trapnell III and Jane Trapnell Buck, as well as his younger brother, Judson B. Trapnell. Rich grew up in the Wilmington area where he attended Tower Hill School. He graduated from the Westminster School in Simsbury, CT and attended Harvard University. In 1971, Rich moved to Kuranda in North Queensland, Australia where he and several friends, also from Wilmington, started Rosebud Farm and Nursery. For the next forty years Rich planted and created a tropical garden, horticulturally renowned for its collection which he had obtained from his travels to Asia and South America. Surviving Rich are his two sons, Nathan H. Trapnell and Jonathan (Digby) A. Trapnell, both of Kuranda, Australia; his brother, George H. Trapnell and his wife Kathi of Wilmington, DE; his sister-in-law, Rose C. Trapnell of Charlottesville, VA and five nieces and a nephew. Private service and burial were held at Rosebud Farm in Kuranda, Australia. [2]
  Person ID	I1170	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	TRAPNELL, Richard Watkins,   b. 23 Mar 1919, Wilmington, DE d. 1 Feb 1989, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States of America (Age 69 years)
  Mother	ANDERSON, Jane Bemis
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	LELLIOTT, Gillian
  Children	1. TRAPNELL, Jonathan Anderson Bigby
  Family ID	F499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	ARMITAGE, Katherine
  Children	1. TRAPNELL, Nathan Holmes
  Family ID	F498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Apr 1950 - New York, NY Death - Cause: Cancer - 6 Jun 2011 - Kuranda, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S72] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, Joseph Trapnell Descendants, (1964). [S539] Richard W. Trapnell IV Obituary. [S540] History of Rosebud Farm, In the 1970s, Rosebud Farm was run by nine young men (six Australians and three Americans) as an organic fruit and vegetable farm. Rich Trapnell, founder of Rosebud Farm Nursery, was one of the original nine.