Reynolds Jennie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ringling Bros. Circus in United States

☨ ♀ Reynolds Jennie
Alternative name:	Queen Jumbo, Big Bingo

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Capture:	1879?
Imported:	1879 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Freight:	by ship
Death
Dead:	†1918-05-17
Death reason:	unknown: in Columbus, Ohio
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1896-08-12	Ringling Bros. Circus from Reynolds World United Shows

	Reynolds World United Shows from Orton Brothers Circus

	Orton Brothers Circus from Burr Robbins Circus

1879-00-00	Burr Robbins Circus from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt)

1879-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Neue Pferdemarkt) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

1879-00-00	Firma Carl Hagenbeck 1879-00-00 from Port of Colombo

1879-00-00	Port of Colombo from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-12: Death 2012-06-15: import, origin 2012-09-30: alt names 2012-09-30: according to sources, imported together with Baldy. 2021-09-15: Importer Firma Hagenbeck

Latest document update	2021-09-15 17:24:02
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Biography

† Reynolds Jennie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1918-05-17 at Ringling Bros. Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as in Columbus, Ohio.

Origin

Reynolds Jennie was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location, captured 1879? . and imported 1879 by Firma Carl Hagenbeck, by ship

Comments / pictures

Imported from Colombo, Ceylon in 1879 together with a male mate called "Baldy".

Records about Reynolds Jennie from Bob Cline

JENNIE
also called Queen
Female Asian 1881 - Burr Robbins Circus
1882 - Myers and Shorb
Sept. 5, 1882 Burr Robbins buys her back at bankruptcy auction for $ 4,000
1883 - Burr Robbins Circus
1883 to 1884 - Grenier's Garden
1884 to 1887 - Burr Robbins Circus
1888 to 1889 - Grenier's Circus
1890 to 1892 - John B. McMahon
1893 to 1896 - Reynold's World United Shows
joins Ringling Bros. Circus Aug. 12,1896
1896 to 1918 - Ringling Bros. Circus
Died - 1918 in Columbus, Ohio

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

Reynolds Jennie in Ringling Bros. Circus

Ringling Brothers Circus: Big Bingo the Elephant

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Reynolds Jennie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Bros. Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2361. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2012/02/bingo-3.html

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