Holdy Barlay

From the list of elephant persons Family: Kwasnik

☨ Holdy Barlay

Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	1931-07-25

Dead


Spouse(s)	- 1956 Karla Bronett


Spouse(s)	1946 Maud Lorch

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	animal trainer -
Location	at Circus Williams in Germany

Biography details

Reinhold Kwasnik Jr., circus animal trainer in Germany

Kwasnik was born * 1931-07-25 , son of director Harry Barlay and director Carola Williams

⚭ Married to Karla Bronett born 1931-02-16 Hamburg in Germany

Married 1946 to Maud Lorch born .

In 1931, Carola Althoff married Reinhold Kwasnik, better known in the circus business as Harry Barlay (1898-1989)—an acrobat on the horizontal bars. But it was not enough for the proud and strong-willed Carola to just be married to a circus artist, and in 1935, Harry and Carola (no doubt with some help from Dominik Althoff) acquired the equipment of the bankrupt Circus Alberty and founded their own circus, Circus Barlay. This apparently was fatal to their marriage: Carola quickly returned to the Althoff fold with their son, Reinhold, Jr., nicknamed Holdy Barlay, born in 1931, would have a long circus career as an artist with a successful cowboy act.)

Family

Total: 1 children

Ronny Lorch. Born: 1947-06-29.

Holdy Barlays ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Holdy Barlay Born: 1931-07-25	Father: Reinhold Kwasnik Born: 1898 2025-07	Paternal Grandfather: Born: 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather:
		Paternal Grandfather: Born: 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Carolina Althoff Born: 1903-12-01 2025-07	Maternal Grandfather: Dominik Althoff Born: 1883-04-08 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf Althoff
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sabrine Sonnier
		Maternal Grandmother: Adele Mark Born: 1883-04-15 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Adele Mark Born: 1883-04-15 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandmother:

Holdy Barlay is mentioned on 2 other person pagesCarolina Althoff, Reinhold Kwasnik,

Holdy Barlay is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina), Circus Dominik Althoff,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Reinhold Kwasnik Jr. in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1209. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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From the list of elephant persons Family: Kwasnik

Family

Total: 1 children

Holdy Barlays ancestral Ahnentafel:

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