In America the spelling of the family name became Weiss. In 1878 Cecelia and her children immigrated to America aboard the German steamship Frisia, reaching New York on July 3 of that year. (Harry's sister claimed there was an earlier "Erik" who died in childbirth.) Ferencz Deszo, a.k.a. Then on March 24, 1874, Cecelia gave birth to Erik, who would go on to become Houdini. Gottfried Vilmos (William) followed in 1872. Their first child died.Ĭecelia gave birth to Natan Josef (Nathan) in 1870. 1 in the Buda section of Budapest, Hungary. When she was 22, she married Mayer Samuel Weisz, who was 13 years her senior and had one son from a previous marriage. Houdini's mother, Cecelia Weiss (often misspelled Cecilia), was born Cecelia Steiner on June 16, 1841.
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