Adele Althoff

From the list of elephant persons Family: Corty

☨ Adele Althoff
Profession	zoo director
Personal details
Born	1840

Spouse(s)	1866 - 1887 Dominicus Althoff

Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner 1888-1901
Location	at Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty) in Germany

Biography details

Adele Corty , zoo director in Germany

Born 1840 dead 1909 , daughter of director Pierre Corty and director Louise Dejean .

Pierre Corty finally decided to take on Dominik Althoff from the Althoff circus family as a co-owner. He married Adele Corty in 1866. In the next few years the circus developed much better than before and operated under the name Circus Corty & Althoff from around 1884. At that time the circus already owned over 80 horses. After the death of her husband in 1887 and her father in 1888, Adele initially took over the circus.

Children

Total: 2 children

Born: 1869-03-28. Dead: † 1924 Pierre Althoff
Born: 1879. Dead: † 1938-02-22 Helen Althoff

Adele Althoff s ancestral Ahnentafel:
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	Mother: Louise Dejean Born: ?	Maternal Grandfather: Louis Dejean Born: 1797	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandfather: Louis Dejean Born: 1797	Maternal Great-grandmother:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Adele Corty in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1099. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Corty_%26_Althoff

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Children

Total: 2 children

Adele Althoff s ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

Sources used for this article is among others: