The family of Harry Houdini was poor so the children began to work at an early age. Harry Houdini's original family pictures are on display at the Harry Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania PA.īiography: Being Jewish Harry Houdini's parents spoke only Yiddish, Hungarian, and German. Harry Houdini's mother's name was Cecilia Steiner Weiss.

Harry Houdini's father for a short time was Jewish Rabbi for the German Zoin Jewish Congregation in Appleton. Harry Houdini's father was a Jewish Rabbi.

In later years, in a magazine interview, a Harry Houdini quote said of Appleton, 'the greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.'īiography: Harry Houdini's father was Mayer Samuel Weiss. Historians are finally agreed on this fact. Copies of Harry Houdini's birth records and early family records at the Harry Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pa, show Harry Houdini was born in Budapest (not Appleton ), on March 24, 1874. To this day many connected with the small town of Appleton still claim in their biography that Harry Houdini was born in Appleton, to attract tourists. After Harry Houdini's death his wife held seances as a test, to no avail.īiography: Harry Houdini was often quoted to be born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Harry Houdini came to the United States to Appleton with family at the age of four. Harry Houdini Biography Seance Magician Quotes Appleton Jewish HARRY HOUDINI BIOGRAPHY Escape Artist, Lock Picker Harry Houdini Biography & Quotes: Harry Houdini Magician-Escape Artist Harry Houdini Biography & Quotes: Biography - the most famous magician of all time.īiography: Harry Houdini's actual name was Ehrich Weiss.īiography: Harry Houdini's actual birthplace (not Appleton )and date.īiography: Magician Harry Houdini born Main Budapest, Hungary (not Appleton WI ) of Jewish parents.

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