Willy Kossmayer

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☨ Willy Kossmayer
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1880 in Germany

Dead	1926-11-07 Strehlen in Germany

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner -1926
Location	at Circus Kossmayer in Germany

Biography details

Wilhelm Kossmayer , circus director in Germany

Kossmayer was born * 1880 in Germany dead 1926-11-07 Strehlen, in Germany , son of director Wenzel Kossmayer and director Mina Kossmayer .

Son of Wenzel Kossmayer and Mina Kübler.

1926-11-04: Willy Kossmayer was attacked by the Asian bull Jumbo in the winter quarters in Strehlen. Kossmeyer died three days later.

His son Hans Kossmayer took over the circus with his wife Helene Kossmayer (nee Althoff), sister to Adolf and Franz Althoff.

Family

Total: 4 children

Hans Kossmayer. Born: ?. Dead: † 1990-05-16
Wenzel Kossmayer. Born: ?.
Wilhelmine Strassburger. Born: 1874. Dead: † 1918
Karl Kossmayer. Born: 1917-04-30. Dead: † 2000-12-24

Siblings

Siblings through the father Wenzel Kossmayer (1854 -- 1925):

Julie Kossmayer Born 1876-12-30 Dead: † 1954-04-27

Willy Kossmayers ancestral Ahnentafel:
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	Mother: Mina Kübler Born: 1852	Maternal Grandfather: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Willy Kossmayer is mentioned on 1 other person pagesHans Kossmayer,

Willy Kossmayer is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Kossmayer,

Willy Kossmayer is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesJumbo,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Wilhelm Kossmayer in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=676. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.geni.com/people/Wilhelm-Kossmayer/6000000194342278845

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