Carola Williams

From the list of elephant persons Family: Althoff

Carola Williams

Personal details

Spouse(s)	1931 - 1936 Harry Barlay


Spouse(s)	1941 - 1951 Harry Williams

Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner 1946-1968
Location	at Circus Williams in Germany

Title	director 1936-1939
Location	at Circus Franz Althoff in Germany

Title	owner-1956
Location	at Circus Frederike Hagenbeck in Germany

Relevant literature

Biography details

Carolina Althoff , circus director in Germany

Born 1903-12-01 in Germany dead 1987-11-11 in Germany , daughter of director Dominik Althoff and animal trainer Adele Althoff .

1931: Carola Althoff married Reinhold Kwasnik, AKA Harry Barlay (1898-1989), and with the help from her father Dominik Althoff they founded a circus, but Carola soon returned to her fathers circus with her son Reinhold (artist name Holdy Barlay).

Even later Mr Kwasnik escaped to West Germany.

1941: Harry Williams (1902-1951) and Carola Althoff (1903-1987), daughter to Dominik Althoff married. Together they had the children Jeanette Williams and Alfons Williams.

1946: Carola and Harry Williams established Circus Williams. was founded by Carola and Harry Williams, with help from Dominik Althoff. But Harry Williams British citizenship was also a help for the pair to fund a circus right after the ending of WWII.

1950-12-22: During Christmas engagement for Tom Arnold at the Harringay Arena in London, Harry Williams had an accident, he was violently ejected from his chariot.

1951-01-10: Harry Williams died of his injuries.

1976: Adolf Althoffs son and Carolas nephew, Franz Althoff Jr, founded Circus Williams-Althoff, but this circus was later renamed to Moscow circus.

1987-11-11: Carola Williams died in Cologne, 84 years old.

Children

Total: 3 children

Born: 1931-07-25. Holdy Barlay
Born: 1940. Dead: † 1960-06-21 Alfons Williams
Born: 1942-03-18. Jeanette Williams

Siblings

Siblings through the father Dominik Althoff (1883-04-08 -- 1974-09-26):

Adolf Althoff Born 1913-06-25 Dead: † 1998-10-14
Franz Althoff Born 1908 Dead: † 1987
Helene Althoff Born 1907 Dead: † 1997
Jeanette Althoff Born 1913-11-29
Henriette Althoff Born 1910-08-15 Dead: † 2004

Carola Williams s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Carola Williams Born: 1903-12-01	Father: Dominik Althoff Born: 1883-04-08	Paternal Grandfather: Adolf Althoff Born: 1852-08-11	Paternal Great-grandfather: Wilhem Althoff
		Paternal Grandfather: Adolf Althoff Born: 1852-08-11	Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna Holzmüller
		Paternal Grandmother: Sabrine Sonnier Born: 1860-07-08	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Sabrine Sonnier Born: 1860-07-08	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Adele Mark Born: 1883-04-15	Maternal Grandfather: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director Carolina Althoff in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 3 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=339. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.circopedia.org/Circus_Williams

Selected publications

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