Tillie (Queen)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tillie (Queen)

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1941-11-06
Death reason:	disease: poisoning
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1939-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus

1938-00-00	Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1935-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Sells-Floto Circus

1932-00-00	Sells-Floto Circus from Sparks Circus

1914-00-00	Sparks Circus from Augustus J. Jones Circus

Record history
History of updates	2023-04-29

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Tillie (Queen) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1941-11-06 at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as poisoning.

Origin

Tillie (Queen) was born .

Comments / pictures

Died in Atlanta poisoning - Nov. 1941

Records about Tillie (Queen) from Bob Cline

QUEEN ( Sparks ) / TILLIE 1911 to 1912 - W.H. Coulter Shows
Female Asian 1913 - J. Augusta Jones
1914 to 1931 - Sparks Circus
1932 - Sells-Floto Circus
1935 - Renamed TILLIE
1935 to 1938 - RBBB
1938 - Al G. Barnes / Sells-Floto Circus after RBBB closed in June
1939 to 1941 - RBBB
Died in Atlanta poisoning - Nov. 1941

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Tillie (Queen), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12857. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The Ringling Elephants 1888-1967, Bandwagon
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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