Tillie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dailey Bros. Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tillie

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1947
Death location:	Dailey Bros. Circus Ft. Worth, Texas
Death reason:	disease: uremic poisoning
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dailey Bros. Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1942-00-00	Dailey Bros. Circus from Adele Nelson Elephant Act

1928-00-00	Adele Nelson Elephant Act from Boston Harbour

1926-06-07	Boston Harbour from Port of Hamburg

1926-00-00	Port of Hamburg from Louis Reed

1926-00-00	Louis Reed from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Port of Hamburg

	Port of Hamburg from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

	Firma Carl Hagenbeck from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-15: updated location history

Latest document update	2021-09-15 06:45:39
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† Tillie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1947 at Dailey Bros. Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as uremic poisoning.

Origin

Tillie was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

1926: Brought to Boston in US from Hamburg by Louis Reed, most probably purchased from Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg.

Records about Tillie from Bob Cline

TILLIE
Female Asian 1926 to 1942 - Adele Nelson Elephant Act
1937 - Jack Hoxie Circus
1943-Ben Davenport's Dailey Bros. Circus buys from Adele Nelson who is married to Louis Reed.
1943 to 1947 - Dailey Bros. Circus
Died Nov. 1947 at Ft. Worth, TX. died - 1947in Ft. Worth, Texas due to uremic poisoning
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tillie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dailey Bros. Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2767. (archived at the Wayback machine)