Harry Williams

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☨ Harry Williams
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	1902 in Germany

Dead	1951-01-10 London in United Kingdom


Spouse(s)	1941 - 1951 Carola Williams

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner 1946-1951
Location	at Circus Williams in Germany

Biography details

Harry Williams , circus animal trainer in Germany

Williams was born * 1902 in Germany dead 1951-01-10 London, in United Kingdom

⚭ Married 1941 to Carola Williams born 1903-12-01 Bad Sassendorf, Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany .

1941: Harry Williams (1902-1951) and Carola Althoff (1903-1987), daughter to Dominik Althoff married. Together they had the children Jeanette Williams and Alfons Williams.

1946: The circus Williams was founded by Carola and Harry Williams, with help from Dominik Althoff. But Harry Williams british citizenship was also a help for the pair to fund a circus right after the ending of WWII.

1950-12-22: During christmas engagement for Tom Arnold at the Harringay Arena in London, Harry Williams had an accident, he was violently ejected from his chariot.

1951-01-10: Harry Williams died of his injuries.

Family

Total: 2 children

Alfons Williams. Born: 1940. Dead: † 1960-06-21
Jeanette Williams. Born: 1942-03-18.

Harry Williams is mentioned on 4 other person pagesCarolina Althoff, Gunther Gebel, Reinhold Kwasnik, Rudolf Belli,

Harry Williams is mentioned on 7 location pagesBarnum & Bailey Circus, Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina), Circus Belli, Circus Dominik Althoff, Circus Franz Althoff, Circus Williams, Ringling Bros. Circus,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Harry Williams in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=338. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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