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		Ehrich was a child of his second wife, Cecilia Steiner.
		Ehrich Weiss - the real name of the escapologist Harry Houdini - was born on 24 March, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary, to a Rabbi and his wife.
		The large family - five sons and a daughter - moved to Appleton, Wisconsin in 1878, when Weiss was four years old, and for the rest of his life Weiss would claim this was where he was born.
	www.lycos.com /info/harry-houdini--ehrich-weiss.html (320 words)

	Eric Weiss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Weiss was the only member of Sydney's CIA "family" who wasn't recruited into the fl-ops division of the CIA, dubbed "APO," at the start of the fourth season, but this was soon rectified when he learned of the existence of APO during a mission in the second episode of the season.
		Eric Weiss is a descendant of Harry Houdini (whose real name was Ehrich Weiss).
		Although Weiss is a recurring character in the first season of Alias, Greg Grunberg's name, for unexplained reasons, does not appear at all in the guest credits of each episode he appeared in during that season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Weiss (440 words)

	Simon & Schuster: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero (Hardcover) - Read an Excerpt
		Ehrich was ushered back to the scene of the crime, where he was forced to replace the spikes and confess his guilt to the foreman.
		Ehrich Weiss hadn't even made a dent in the heavy handcuffs when the hacksaw blade snapped in two -- for the sixth time -- which did not amuse the unusually large, repellently ugly man who had the misfortune of currently being fettered by those resilient manacles.
		Ehrich had heard the U.S. Cavalry was on their way westward, and it was a perfect opportunity for him to strike out from home and follow real-live soldiers, shining their fl leather boots for spare change.
	www.simonsays.com /content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=521657&agid=2 (7831 words)

	HOUDINI, HARRY - Page 1
		While Ehrich was still an infant, the family crossed the Atlantic headed for America, and settled in Appleton, Wisconsin (1874-75).
		Ehrich became fascinated with his new skills, and became even more fascinated with the cause and effect magic had on the lay public.
		Ehrich tagged an "i" onto the end of Houdin, his magic hero, and "Houdini" was created.
	www.magicandillusion.com /libr/whos/HH/hou-h01/hou-h01.html (1238 words)

	Madera Tribune
		Weiss was born on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary.
		Ehrich became a stage performer of considerable renown, but his real love was for the two women in his life - his wife and his mother.
		When the latter died in 1920, Ehrich was thrown into a state of depression, and in desperation he and Bess contacted several spiritualists in an attempt to reach his mother across the Great Divide.
	maderatribune.com /life/lifeview.asp?c=171624 (559 words)

	Edna Ferber interviews Houdini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This is Harry Houdini, or rather Ehrich Weiss, as he talks pleasantly and very interestingly dressed in the conventional light grey summer suit, oxfords, flowing tie and sailor hat.
		Of his father, Rabbi Weiss, who died, he speaks just as affectionately and reverently and in these days of rush and hurry and often disrespect for old age, it is pleasant to hear such filial words.
		Weiss accompanies her husband everywhere in his foreign travels, and assists him in his performances.
	www.apl.org /history/ferber/interview.html (1191 words)

	The childhood of Harry Houdini
		Once in Wisconsin, Mayer Samuel Weiss secured a job as the first Rabbi in Appleton, of the German-speaking Zion Reform Jewish Congregation with an estimated annual salary of $750.
		Ehrich must have worked hard to be accepted by other kids as many looked down on immigrants.
		Aside from reading and learning to develop his mind, the small statured Ehrich thought it might be beneficial to develop his body as well.
	www.intercom.net /~terkat/static/den/news/houdini/2.htm (841 words)

	Magic Web Channel hall of fame - Harry Houdini
		Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary..
		Although an educated man, Herman Mayer Weiss (Weisz was changed to Weiss courtesy of immigration officials) was not destined for success in America.
		When he wasn't working, Ehrich excelled in sports, particularly swimming, boxing, and running, developing the natural athletic gifts which would be vital to his future act.
	www.magicwebchannel.com /hall_houdini.htm (1525 words)

	Harry Houdini
		Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926) was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss, one of the most famous magicians, escapologists and stunt performers[?] of all time.
		Houdini was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary.
		After losing his tenure, Mayer moved to New York City with Ehrich in 1887, where they lived in a boarding-house on East Seventy-ninth Street.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Houdini.html (775 words)

	Weisz Erik -- Synchronicity - The Scientific and the Strange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 — October 31, 1926) was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss (born Weisz Erik in the native Hungarian), one of the most famous magicians, escapologists, and stunt performers of all time.
		Weiss later called for the rest of his family to join him once he found more permanent housing.
		In 1891, Ehrich became a professional magician, and began calling himself Harry Houdini as a tribute to the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (he would make Houdini his legal name in 1913).
	www.voy.com /41411/116.html (2544 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), born Ehrich Weiss, was a Hungarian/American magician, escapologist, stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists.
		In 1878, his family moved to the United States, where his name was listed as Ehrich Weiss, but he was called "Ehrie" or "Harry" by friends.
		In 1891, Weiss became a professional magician, and began calling himself "Harry Houdini" because he was influenced by French magician Jean EugÃ¨ne Robert-Houdin and his friend Jack Hayman told him that in French adding an "i" to Houdin would mean "like Houdin".
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Harry_Houdini (2979 words)

	HOUDINI: A BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY
		A postcard from "Your truant son, Ehrich Weiss," to the mother he adored is the earliest example of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the Library of Congress, relic of the early evasion by the young man who had been born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874.
		When this postcard was written, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss was father and husband to the impoverished immigrant family struggling to become established in America while communicating primarily in German, Hungarian, and Yiddish.
		Mayer Weiss was to serve as rabbi of the German-speaking Zion Reform Jewish Congregation in Appleton, Wisconsin.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/vshtml/vshchrn.html (1158 words)

	Timeline
		Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary.
		Ehrich teams up with Jacob Hyman, a friend from his job at a neckwear cutting firm, in a magic act they call "The Brothers Houdini." Ehrich, known as Ehrie, starts calling himself "Harry Houdini."
		Rabbi Weiss dies on October 5 at the age of 63.
	www.houdiniclubofwisconsin.com /Timeline.htm (1438 words)

	Ehrich Weiss (a.k.a. Harry Houdini)
		Ehrich Weiss was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary.
		In 1913, Ehrich legally changed his name to Houdini.
		With acts such as his famous straitjacket escape (for which he always dislocated both of his shoulders), Harry Houdini would go on to become one of the most famous magicians of all time.
	www.usefultrivia.com /miscellaneous_trivia/magic_trivia_003a.html (116 words)

	Houdini was master at conjuring a persona Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Not by accident is Kenneth Silverman's detailed but diverting biography of the Appleton-reared magician and illusionist Harry Houdini subtitled "The Career of Ehrich Weiss." For this carefully researched, yet far from pedantic, saga of a conjurer's rise to fame via grit, talent and sheer bravado is essentially the story of one man's self-invention.
		He notes that Rabbi Weiss, bereft of a congregation, was reduced to working as a fabric cutter in New York's garment district, along with his son.
		Silverman also points up Harry's (nee Ehrich's) loyalty to his parents (his mother in particular), his intellectual pretensions (he wished to be a man of letters) and his overwhelming ego.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19961027/ai_n10293364?... (699 words)

	Metabolic666 - version 6.0 - 666% Slipknot!
		Harry Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss on March 24, 1874 in Budapest.
		Ehrich's first appearance before an audienace was at the age of 14.
		Soon afterwards he learned that, in French, by adding the letter "i" to a word meant "like." It was at this point that Ehrich Weiss changed his name to Houdini, hoping that he would one day be "like Houdin," his new found mentor.
	www.metabolic666.com /main.php?page=site/houdini (1042 words)

	Harry Houdini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ehrich Weiss (his real name) was born on March 24, 1874 in Hungary.
		Ehrich's first job was selling newspapers and shining people's shoes on the sidewalk.
		Ehrich thought his name was not a good stage name,so he scrambled through first names and got Harry.
	www.wtisbury.mv.k12.ma.us /projects/bioweb/daryl.htm (361 words)

	Ehrich Weiss
		The world's most famous magician, Harry Houdini was born as Ehrich Weiss (Weisz) in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874.
		His father, Mayer Samuel Weiss, was a religious scholar and teacher, who moved his family to Appleton, Wisconsin when Houdini was two years old.
		Times were difficult for the Weiss family, and they were required to move many times to avoid the bill collectors.
	www.bofhcam.org /co-larters/why-you-cant/author.html (814 words)

	Houdini
		Ehrich Weiss was born in Budapest Hungary on March 24th, 1874, and brought to the United States by his mother and father (pbs.org).
		Ehrich became fascinated with the idea of magic when he was eight years old after his father took him to see a show performed by Dr. Lyan who was a traveling magician.
		While in New York Ehrich read the autobiography of a Frenchman named Jean Robert-Houdin who was a magician and Harry Houdini was born, legally changing his name after establishing himself as an international icon while in Great Britain.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper.php?nats=MTAxMToyOjE,0,0,0,0&request=88369 (264 words)

	Exploratory Essays Research Papers - The Great Houdini
		From the age of eight young Ehrich Weiss sold newspapers and worked as a shoe shine boy.
		At the age of 12, young Ehrich left home to make his way in the world in an attempt to help support his family.
		Ehrich acquired the name Houdini from a book he read, "The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin," the autobiography of one of the greatest magicians of the day.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=4773 (1569 words)

	Historical HarryHoudini.com Homepage
		Currently this is a brief chronological outline of the life history of Ehrich Weiss, later known as the world famous HarryHoudini.
		1874: Ehrich Weiss is born in Budapest Hungary, on March 24, according to records recently found there, though he claimed to have been born in Appleton, Wisconsin, on April 6th, of the same year...
		Ehrich became interested in magic and adopts name HOUDINI from French Magician Jean Robert-Houdin.
	www.reliablehost.com /houdini/timeline.html (1266 words)

	Zap2it - TV features - The Secret Life of Eric Weiss on 'Alias' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Weiss always has been best pal and espionage partner to CIA Agents Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan) and Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) in their globe-hopping, high-tech adventures.
		Or, a long-hidden talent for magic could be revealed, since Harry Houdini's real name was Ehrich Weiss, which is pretty close.
		Of course, there are some viewers who think Sydney Bristow might want to give some romantic consideration to Weiss, since boyfriend Vaughn, thinking she was dead for two years, went off and married NSA Agent Lauren Reed (Melissa George).
	tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,274\|86781\|1\|,00.html (863 words)

	HOUDINI
		Ehrich Weiss (Houdini) is born in Budapest, although claiming to have been born on April 7th of the same year.
		At age thirteen Ehrich leaves home to earn money for his family and ends up in New York City.
		Rabbi Weiss dies, prompting a strong relationship between Ehrich and mother.
	alt.tnt.tv /movies/tntoriginals/houdini/timeline.html (337 words)

	NPR : The Life and Death of Harry Houdini
		Born in Budapest, Hungary, as Ehrich Weiss, he grew up in the Midwest and in New York City.
		Young Weiss tried his hand at many things, gravitating eventually toward the life of an escape artist and conjurer.
		By the time of his death, Houdini was known around the world for his stunts on the stage and off, a master of cunning and endurance.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1485266 (689 words)

	Amazon.de: Houdini!!!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss : American Self-Liberator, Europe's Eclipsing Sensation, World's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Silverman's engaging biography catalogs the life of Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, who made a career out of his capacity to amaze.
		Having developed conjuring skills and an ability to wriggle free of handcuffs, ropes and manacles, Houdini elaborated his tricks into theatrical set pieces that made him famous--stunts like escaping from a strait jacket while dangling head down from a skyscraper, or from a wooden packing crate submerged in water.
		Silverman's account provides more detail than previous biographies about Houdini's early years, showing how Ehrich Weiss, a scrappy Jewish kid from Wisconsin, endured a grueling apprenticeship in vaudeville as an acrobat, magician and medicine-show shill to become the most famous performer of his age.
	www.amazon.de /Houdini-American-Self-Liberator-Eclipsing-Sensation/dp/0060169788 (733 words)

	Essays Papers -- Harry Houdini
		On April 6th, 1874 Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) was born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary.
		The Weiss family joined Rabbi Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he led a small Reform congregation.
		In 1891, Ehrich teamed up with Jacob Hyman, a friend from his job at neckwear cut...
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=44253 (1682 words)

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