Wilhelmina (Willy)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wallace and Clark Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Wilhelmina (Willy)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1951-12-00
Death reason:	disease: stroke which was brought about by her old age
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wallace and Clark Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1951-00-00	Wallace and Clark Circus from Bud E. Anderson Circus

1950-00-00	Bud E. Anderson Circus from Bible Brothers Circus

1948-00-00	Bible Brothers Circus from Sello Brothers Circus

1946-00-00	Sello Brothers Circus from Arthur Brothers Circus

1943-00-00	Arthur Brothers Circus from Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel)

1941-00-00	Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel) 1941-00-00 from Unknown

1939-00-00	Unknown from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1937-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1919-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Ringling Bros. Circus

1911-00-00	Ringling Bros. Circus from Samuel Lockhart

Record history
History of updates	2010-10-01:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Wilhelmina (Willy) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1951-12-00 at Wallace and Clark Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as stroke which was brought about by her old age.

Origin

Wilhelmina (Willy) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

This elephant MAY eventually be the same as Wilhelmina in 1902 worked by Samuel Lockhart:

"Otto Floto Dog & Pony Show had elephants in 1902. They hired the Samuel Lockhart elephant act "Haddie", Wilhelmina", "Trilby" and "Tom Tom".
" Willams Buckles Woodcock

This elephant may eventually be the same as Wilhelmina in 1902 worked by Samuel Lockhart:

"Wilhelmina" (Willy) was among the surplus elephants that wound up at Goebel's Lion Farm after the Hagenbeck-Wallace Show folded in 1938.
She was said to have been the last of the Lockhart elephants.Willams Buckles Woodcock

"In December, the show's elephant Wilhelmina, who was 75 years old and valued at $5,000 died in winterquarters. Her death was attributed to a stroke which was brought about by her old age. She had once been with Ringling. Her body was sent to a Little Rock rendering company."
Wallace & Clark Circus, 1951-1953, by Donald R. Carson and Douglas Lyon. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1965, pp. 20-23.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Wilhelmina (Willy), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wallace and Clark Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3078. (archived at the Wayback machine)