Louis Lorch

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☨ Louis Lorch
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1847-07-14 Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Dead	1924 Buenos Aires in Bangladesh


Spouse(s)	Johanna Meyer

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	artist 1923-1924
Location	at Circus Sarrasani in Germany

Title	artist 1909-1912
Location	at Ringling Bros. Circus in United States

Title	owner 1901-
Location	at Circus Lorch in Germany

Biography details

Louis Lorch , circus director in Germany

Lorch was born * 1847-07-14 in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg Germany dead 1924 Buenos Aires, in Bangladesh , son of director Hirsch Lorch

⚭ Married to Johanna Meyer born 1852 .

Louis (1847-1924), was born in Lörrach, in Baden-Württemberg, on July 14, 1847.

Louis continued to travel with his family until his death in 1924—after which his eldest son, Julius (1875-1942), born December 11, 1875 in Neuwied-am-Rhein, succeeded him as head of the troupe.

Family

Total: 11 children

Julius Lorch. Born: 1875-12-11.
Rosa Lorch. Born: 1876.
Rosa Lorch. Born: 1876. Dead: † 1959
Jeanette Lorch. Born: 1879. Dead: † 1954
Arthur Lorch. Born: 1881. Dead: † 1942
Helene Lorch. Born: 1883.
Eugen Lorch. Born: 1885. Dead: † 1943
Adolph Lorch. Born: 1887. Dead: † 1940
Felix Lorch. Born: 1888. Dead: † 1891
Hedwig Lorch. Born: 1890. Dead: † 1966
Rudolf Lorch. Born: 1893. Dead: † 1944

Siblings

Siblings through the father Hirsch Lorch (1817 -- 1901):

Adolf Lorch Born 1845-05-04 Dead: † 1918

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Louis Lorch is mentioned on 11 other person pagesAdolph Lorch, Arthur Lorch, Eugen Lorch, Felix Lorch, Hedwig Lorch, Helene Lorch, Jeanette Lorch, Johanna Meyer, Julius Lorch, Rosa Lorch, Rudolf Lorch,

Louis Lorch is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Lorch,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Louis Lorch in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1191. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.circopedia.org/The_Lorch_Family

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