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1. www.wikitree.com › wiki › Weisz-94Mayer Sámuel (Weisz) Weiss (1829-1892) - WikiTree

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   May 20, 2014 · Biography. He was born on 27 Aug 1829 in Hungary. In 1851 he received his Certificate of Ordination by the Rabbinical Examination Committee for the Wespnimer Comitat in Buda, Hungary. [1] Mayer Samuel Weisz first married about 1862 in Hungary to Rosa Czillag [2] [3] and they had one son, followed by her death in 1863. [1]

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2. www.wildabouthoudini.com › p › mayer-samuel-weissWILD ABOUT HARRY: Mayer Samuel Weiss

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   Mayer Samuel Weiss. Houdini's father, Mayer Samuel Weisz (later Weiss), was born to Leopold and Josephine Weisz on August 27, 1829, in Groß-Kanizsa, Hungary. In 1851, he received his Certificate of Ordination by the Rabbinical Examination Committee for the Wespnimer Comitat in Buda, Hungary.

3. ancestors.familysearch.org › en › LZLH-YJTRabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz (1829–1892) • FamilySearch

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   When Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz was born on 27 August 1829, in Nagykanizsa, Zala, Hungary, his father, Abraham Weisz, was 30 and his mother, Charlotte ?, was 20. He had at least 1 son with Maria Polaki. He lived in Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States in 1880.

   • Gender: Male

   • Spouse: Cecelia Steiner Skinner, Rosa Czillag

4. www.houdinifile.com › 2016 › 12THE EARLY YEARS OF HOUDINI'S FATHER

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   Dec 9, 2016 · With the help of specialist scholars worldwide, we're slowly filling in the many gaps in the biography of Houdini's father, Mayer Samuel Weiss. Piecing together bits of information from the most reliable sources available, we can now present a rough outline of this remarkable man's story.

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5. www.geni.com › people › Rabbi-Dr-Mayer-Samuel-WeissRabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss (Weisz) (1829 - 1892) - Genealogy

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   Jul 1, 2023 · Genealogy for Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss (Weisz) (1829 - 1892) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

   • Birthdate: August 27, 1829

6. forward.com › culture › artHoudini’s Astounding Jewish History Revealed! - The Forward

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   Sep 28, 2018 · Near a Hebrew Bible that belonged to Houdini’s father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz, sits a letter to young Ehrich’s parents, signed “your truant son”; in his first escape, he had run away ...

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   Who is Rabbi Weisz?

   • Rabbi Weisz is a publisher at Breaking Israel News, the news agency promoting the Sanhedrin who often promotes adherence to Noahide Laws as the only way of salvation for the Gentiles and for peace and justice in the world.

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   Where did Rabbi Weiss live?

   • The couple lived at Rakos arok-Gasse No. 1 in the Buda section of Budapest, Hungary. Their first child died. After the births of his sons Natan Josef (1870), Gottfried Vilmos (1872), Erik/Houdini (1874), and Ferencz Deszo (1876), Rabbi Weiss left his family in Hungary and traveled to London and then onto America.

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   Why did Rabbi Weiss leave Hungary?

   • Their first child died. After the births of his sons Natan Josef (1870), Gottfried Vilmos (1872), Erik/Houdini (1874), and Ferencz Deszo (1876), Rabbi Weiss left his family in Hungary and traveled to London and then onto America. Legend has it that he killed a man in a duel and that is why he had to flee the country.

   WILD ABOUT HARRY: Mayer Samuel Weiss

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   How many children did Mayer Samuel and Cecelia Weiss have?

   • In Appleton, Mayer Samuel and Cecelia had two more children; Leopold David (1879) and Carrie Gladys (1882). On June 6, 1882, Mayer Samuel and his family became U.S. citizens. But in August of that same year, Rabbi Weiss lost his job and the family moved to Milwaukee where they fell into poverty. In 1887 the Weiss family relocated to New York City.

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8. www.jewishinsandiego.org › jewish-community-newsHow Harry Houdini Stayed Chained to His Roots as a Rabbi’s ...

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   Other objects are of a more personal nature, such as a Hebrew Bible that belonged to Houdini’s father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz; and a travel journal the budding magician kept while performing in Maryland in 1898, noting multiple evenings in which he could not afford dinner.