On Apr 21, 4:45=A0pm, ttk5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> =A0 As far as I know, Steinitz had only one child, a daughter, Flora,
> born to him and his first wife Caroline in 1866. The daughter
> predeceased Steinitz, dying of endocarditis in 1888, which greatly
> grieved her father. Wife Caroline (n=E9e Golder) was of English birth,
> and nine years younger than Steinitz. I don't know anything else about
> her.
> =A0 I know even less about his second wife, just that she was born in
> Switzerland. Landsberger's "The Steinitz Papers" has a few documents
> that indicate she got some money from charitable friends of Steinitz
> to help with his hospital costs. Perhaps some of this money was still
> there when he died in August 1900.
>
Flora is indeed mentioned in the obituary, but so are his two children
with his second wife:
=93About two months ago Mrs. Steinitz, in order to maintain her two
children, opened a small candy store at 505 West Twenty-Sixth Street,
just beyond Tenth Avenue.=94
=93Prior to his being sent to hospital for the insane, Steinitz lived
with his second wife and two young children at 1555 East One Hundred
and Third Street.=94
So, I guess the current mystery is whether these children were hers
from a previous marriage (or from Steinitz) and what happened to them
after Steinitz passed away.
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