Game show genealogy

[mmb5]

I do some genealogical research on the side and I needed to take a break from some of the dead ends I normally encouter.  So, I thought I would try a couple of game show personalities.

First, I tried Mark Goodson, and got a little info.  I got stuck since the Goodson name is obviously a changed name.   Abraham's (Mark's father) profession was listed as \"masseuse\".  His house, on 1109 O Street, is only a few blocks from Sacramento's downtown plaza.

1-Michla ?
  m. ? Goodson
    2-Abraham Goodson  b. 16-Oct-1875 Russia  d. 25-Jan-1954 Sacramento, CA
    +m. Fannie Krasik  b. 28-Jan-1887 Russia  d. 24-Sep-1986 (mother's maiden name was Smehoff)
      3-Harry Goodson  b. 3-Jun-1901 Russia  d. 12-Jan-1979 California
      3-Evelyn Goodson  b. 1903
      3-Mark L. Goodson  b. 24-Jan-1915 Sacramento, CA  d. 18-Dec-1992 Los Angeles, CA
        4-Jonathan M. Goodson
        4-Marjorie Goodson
          +m. ? Cutt
      3-Elmer M. Goodson  b. 1918

A little more interesting was Kitty Carlisle's.  Her maternal grandfather, Benjamin Holzman, was on the Merrimack in the Civil War and was the first Jewish Mayor of Shreveport, LA.

Abraham Conn  m. 29-Mar-1859  Fannie Vollmer                      Benjamin Holzman   m. 1877   Stella Baer
b. 1-Jun-1838                               b. 11-Nov-1839                    b. 1844  Germany
   Baiersdorf, Bavaria                        Geinsheim, Germany        d. 4-Jan-1922
d. 3-Mar-1885                              d. 20-Oct-1896                                    +---------------------------+
   New Orleans, LA                           New Orleans, LA                                                 |
         +----------------------------------------------+                                                       |
                                      |                                                                                       |
                            Joseph Conn                   m. 2-Nov-1908                         Hortense Holzman
                            b. Aug 1869                                                                    b. 1884
                            d. 4-Mar-1921  New Orleans, LA                                     d. 1957
                                                        |                                                                |
                                                        +--------------------------------------------------+
                                                                                           |
                                            Moss Hart-------------------Catherine Conn
                                            b. 24-Oct-1904  NYC       b. 3-Sep-1910  New Orleans, LA
                                            d. 20-Dec-1961  Calif.     m. 1946
                                                                      |
                                               +----------------------------------+
                                  Christopher Hart                   Catherine Hart
                                  m. Beth ?                               m. Mark Stoeckle

If you're interested in more of these, let me know and I can do more.  If you could care less, let me know as well, and I'll stop.


--Mike

(who learned in this exercise that the \"CODE\" tag does not work as advertised)

[Timsterino]

Very interesting, Mike. Please continue.

Tim :-)

[geno57]

How 'bout doing Gene Rayburn?

(Eugene Rebessa).

[mmb5]

[quote name=\'geno57\' date=\'Sep 1 2003, 07:13 PM\'] How 'bout doing Gene Rayburn?

(Eugene Rebessa). [/quote]
 Without knowing his true last name, I can't do much.  Rubessa is his adopted name, meaning I can't really find anything about his family.  

Here's what I was able to figure out (I had done this one before):
I know his mother (Mary) was alive from 1897-1985 and came to the U.S. in 1911, his step-father (Milan 1884-1968) was a machinist in Chicago, the family address was 6000 South Whipple (which is near Midway).   He had two half-siblings (common mother): Milan Jr. (1923-1981) and Phyllis Mary.


--Mike


Note: For any future requests, the personality in question needs to be born pre-1930.  Privacy laws sort of precluding any easy (read: free) searches for people born after 1930.

[Matt Ottinger]

Hey, I sure wouldn't mind anything you could find on William Lawrence Cullen, born in Pittsburgh, PA on February 18th, 1920.

[geno57]

[quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Sep 1 2003, 07:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'geno57\' date=\'Sep 1 2003, 07:13 PM\'] How 'bout doing Gene Rayburn?

(Eugene Rebessa). [/quote]
Without knowing his true last name, I can't do much.  Rubessa is his adopted name, meaning I can't really find anything about his family.  

Here's what I was able to figure out (I had done this one before):
I know his mother (Mary) was alive from 1897-1985 and came to the U.S. in 1911, his step-father (Milan 1884-1968) was a machinist in Chicago, the family address was 6000 South Whipple (which is near Midway). [/quote]
 Wow! That's my old neighborhood! I grew up at 57th and Talman, which is less than a half-mile from where Gene lived.

Although I never knew exactly where he grew up, I did know that he attended Lindblom High School about the same time as my Mom did. She didn't think she knew him at school, but then, we only knew of him by the name Rayburn.

[Strikerz04]

Pat Sajak also grew up on the southwest side too (I forgot where exactly).




*Probably hopes he's the first game show host from the north side when he grows up *

[Fedya]

MMB5 wrote:

Catherine Conn
b. 3-Sep-1910  New Orleans, LA
m. 1946

So she's turning 93 tomorrow?

Happy birthday Kitty!  :-)

[mmb5]

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Sep 1 2003, 08:35 PM\'] Hey, I sure wouldn't mind anything you could find on William Lawrence Cullen, born in Pittsburgh, PA on February 18th, 1920. [/quote]
Why would you want to know anything on him?

1-Lawrence Cullen  b. 1855  Coundon, Durham, England
  +=m. Jun-1878  Margaret Ord  b. 1859  Auckland, Durham, England
    2-Margaret Ann Cullen  b. 1879  Auckland, Durham, England
    2-George Cullen  b. 1881  Coundon, Durham, England
    2-Thomas L. Cullen  b. 1884  Pennsylvania
    2-William C. Cullen  b. 5-Mar-1886  Pennsylvania  d. May 1968
      +=m. Lillian Stuckert  b. 1892  Pennsylvania  (mother's first name was Victoria)
        3-William Lawrence Cullen  b. 18-Feb-1920 Pittsburgh, PA  d. 7-Jul-1990 Los Angeles, CA
          +=m. Unknown
          +=m. 30-Jul-1949  Carol Ames  
          +=m. 24-Dec-1955  Ann Macomber  b. 1925 Massachusetts
    2-Mary J. Cullen  b. 1890    Pennsylvania
    2-Sadie Cullen  b. 1892    Pennsylvania
    2-Lawrence Cullen  b. 19-Nov-1894 Pennsylvania   d. Apr 1969
      +=m. Hazel
        3-Larry Cullen  b. 1921
        3-Mary Lou Cullen  b. 1929
    2-Myrtle Cullen  b. 1902    Pennsylvania
    2-John L. Cullen  b. 1904    Pennsylvania
    2-Matthew Cullen  b. 1915    Pennsylvania

Homes in question:
1910-Lawrence the grandfather and William the father were living in Homestead, PA
1930-Lawrence is now at 2113 Oakland in Marshall Twp., PA.  William the father, William the Great along with his mother and maternal grandmother are holed up at 156 S. 20th Street in Pittsburgh.