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Discover life events, stories and photos about Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz (1829–1892) of Nagykanizsa, Zala, Hungary.
- Male
- Cecelia Steiner Skinner, Rosa Czillag
May 20, 2014 · Explore genealogy for Mayer (Weisz) Weiss born 1829 Hungary died 1892 New York City, New York, USA including research + descendants + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- August 27, 1829
- Rosa Czillag, Cecelia (Steiner) Weiss
- October 5, 1892
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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.
- Nagykanizsa, Zala County
- August 27, 1829
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. In 1863, his first wife died, leaving him with one infant son, Armin ...
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 from...
Born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. He was one of seven children born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz and his wife Cecilia. In search of work, the family settled in Appleton, Wisconsin. They continued to struggle, and Erich and his father eventually moved to New York City in 1887.
When Ehrich Weisz was born on 24 March 1874, in Pest, Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary, his father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weisz, was 44 and his mother, Cecelia Steiner Skinner, was 32. He married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on 22 June 1894.
