Ancestry of Bobby Fischer

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Bobby Fischer should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Bobby Fischer
1 Robert James ("Bobby") Fischer, chess champion, b. Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill., 9 March 1943, d. Reykjavik, Iceland, 17 Jan. 2008
PARENTS
2 Paul Felix Nemenyi, mathematician, b. ... , Hungary, ... [ca. 1896], d. Washington, D. C., ... 1952
(non-marital liaison)
3 Regina Wender, pediatrician, b. ... , Switzerland, 31 March 1913 to St. Louis, Mo., by 1928, d. Palo Alto, Cal., 26 July 1997 [SSDI 064-16-8443] m1. Moscow 1933, div. 1945 Hans-Gerhard Fischer, biophysicist (b. Berlin 28 Sept. 1908) m2. Cyril Pustan
GRANDPARENTS
6 Jabob Wender, b. Lodz, Poland, ... [ca. 1885], d. ... [living 1930]
m. ... [ca. 1908]
7 Ethel ... , b. ... , Russia, ... [ca. 1888], d. ... [living 1930]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS








1930 Missouri, St Louis City, ED 189, sheet 19A, line 28

Wender Jacob    Head  M W  45  M 23   Poland Lodz     Poland Lodz     Poland Lodz      1912  Na
       Ethel    Wife  F W  42  M 17   Russia Schimia  Russia Schimia  Russia Schimia   1905  Na
       Slyvia   Dau   F W  21  S      Missouri        Poland Lodz     Russia Schimia
       Max      Son   M W  19  S      Poland Lodz     Poland Lodz     Russia Schimia   1914  Na
       Reginia  Dau   F W  17  S      Switzerland     Poland Lodz     Russia Schimia   1914  Na

Jacob was a Salesman, Real Estate

--------







NOTES
















SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED


See above. Also:







William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com