Background
He was the son of Friedrich Thyssen and the younger brother of August Thyssen, who was also his closest colleague and confidant.
Industrialist Mülheim publishers
He was the son of Friedrich Thyssen and the younger brother of August Thyssen, who was also his closest colleague and confidant.
In 1900 he moved with his family to his newly built Villa Josef Thyssen by the River Ruhr. The couple had three children: Julius (1881–1946), Johanna (1883–1887) and Hans (1890–1943). In 1915 Joseph Thyssen died by an accident at work in the Mülheim plants, falling between two rail car buffers during an evening patrol.
He was buried in the Old Cemetery (Old Cemetery) in Mülheim an de Ruhr. taken from Wikipedia (German), translated by Google Translator.
Among other things, he was a founding board member of the Mülheim Mining Association from 1898.
