Adele Althoff

From the list of elephant persons Family: Corty

 ☨ Adele Althoff 
Profession zoo director
Personal details
Born 1840

Dead 1909


Spouse(s) 1866 - 1887 Dominicus Althoff

Residence
Country Germany

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

Biography details

Adele Corty , zoo director in Germany

Corty was born * 1840 dead 1909 , daughter of director Pierre Corty and director Louise Dejean

⚭ Married 1866 to Dominicus Althoff born 1831-11-00 .

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

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

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Louise Dejean

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Adele Althoff is mentioned on 2 other person pagesDominicus Althoff,  Pierre Althoff,  

Adele Althoff is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Adolf Althoff,  Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty),  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Adele Corty in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1099. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories director | zoo | Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty) | Corty family | Born 1840 | Dead 1909 | People from Germany


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