Suzie Q (Sue)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Hoxie Brothers Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Suzie Q (Sue)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1977-00-00
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hoxie Brothers Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1967-00-00	Hoxie Brothers Circus from Beers-Barnes Circus

1966-00-00	Beers-Barnes Circus from Hoxie Brothers Circus

1963-00-00	Hoxie Brothers Circus from Fargo Brothers Circus

1962-00-00	Fargo Brothers Circus from Bailey Brothers Circus

1961-00-00	Bailey Brothers Circus from Ring Brothers Circus

1959-00-00	Ring Brothers Circus 1959-00-00 from Trapeze Brothers Circus

1958-00-00	Trapeze Brothers Circus from Ring Brothers Circus

1954-00-00	Ring Brothers Circus from Hills Brothers Greater Shows

1952-00-00	Hills Brothers Greater Shows from Rogers Brothers Circus

1949-00-00	Rogers Brothers Circus from King Brothers Circus

1947-00-00	King Brothers Circus from Franco Richards

0000-00-00	Franco Richards from R.J. Richards

0000-00-00	R.J. Richards from Bud E. Anderson Circus

0000-00-00	Bud E. Anderson Circus from R.J. Richards

Record history
History of updates	2012-05-28

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

† Suzie Q (Sue) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1977-00-00 at Hoxie Brothers Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Suzie Q (Sue) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Suzie Q (Sue) from Bob Cline

SUZIE Q Female Asian
1947 - King Bros. Circus
1949 to 1950 - Rogers Bros. Circus
1952 - Hills Bros. Greater Shows
1954 to 1957 - Ring Bros. Circus
1958 - Trapeze Bros. Circus
1959 to 1960 - Ring Bros. Circus
1961 - Bailey Bros. Circus
1962 - Fargo Bros. Circus
1963 to 1965 - Hoxie Bros. Circus
1966 - Beers-Barnes Circus
1967 to 1977 - Hoxie Bros. Circus
No further Records
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Suzie Q (Sue), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hoxie Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7269. (archived at the Wayback machine)