Robert Wise

Birth Name: Robert Earl Wise

Date of Birth: September 10, 1914

Place of Birth: Winchester, Indiana, U.S.

Date of Death: September 14, 2005

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: German, Swiss-German, Irish, English, Dutch, French

Robert Wise was an American filmmaker. He twice won the Academy Award for Best Director, for West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). His other films include The Set-Up, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Haunting (1963), The Andromeda Strain (1971), and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He was also known for editing Citizen Kane.

Robert was the son of Olive and Earl Wise. He had a son with his former wife Patricia Doyle.

Robert’s paternal grandfather was David J. Wise (the son of Henry D. Wise and Mary Snediker). David was born in Ohio. Henry was born in Virginia. Mary was born in Ohio, to parents of Dutch descent.

Robert’s paternal grandmother was Sarah Ann Isenberger (the daughter of John Eisenberger/Isenberger and Elizabeth Ditmore). Sarah was born in Ohio. John was born in Virginia, the son of Johannes/John Eisenberger and Christina Markey. Elizabeth was born in Ohio, the daughter of Jacob Ditmore and Catherine Brenner.

Robert’s maternal grandfather was Franklin Webster Longenecker (the son of Henry Longenecker and Hetty Esther Herr). Franklin was born in Ohio. Henry was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Longenecker and Anna Hart. Hetty was born in Ohio, the daughter of Samuel Herr and Frances Long.

Robert’s maternal grandmother was Ellen Dorcas Rinehart (the daughter of Isaac Rinehart and Sarah Hufford). Ellen was born in Ohio. Isaac was born in Ohio, the son of Mathias Barnett Reinhart and Phoebe March. Sarah was born in Ohio, the daughter of Christian Hufford and Mary Magdalena Renner.

Sources: Robert Wise on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Robert’s father on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth record of Robert’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org