Jenny Schmitt

From the list of elephant persons Family: Schmitt

☨ Jenny Schmitt
Profession	circus wife
Personal details
Born	in Germany

Dead	1999 in Germany

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	other -1999
Location	at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany

Relevant literature

Biography details

Jenny Schmitt , circus wife in Germany

Schmitt was born * in Germany dead 1999 , in Germany .

Jenny, from the island Sylt, in north Germany, married elephant trainer Hugo Schmitt, who moved to U.S.A. in 1947.

The rest of the Schmitt family stayed behind in Hamburg until 1948 when they got visas to go to Sweden, where they stayed in Malmö. Finally, in the end of 1950, Hugos wife Jenny, and their two sons Manfred and Hugh went with the ocean liner "Stockholm", departing from Gothenburg, to New York and America.

Jenny Schmitt died in Hamburg 1999.

Children

Total: 4 children

Hugh Schmitt. Born: 1938.
Manfred R. Schmitt. Born: 1942. Dead: † 1996
Roman Schmitt. Born: 1951-12-15. Dead: † 2001-05-00
Eddie Karl Schmitt. Born: 1956.

Jenny Schmitt is mentioned on 2 other person pagesCarl-Lorenz Hagenbeck, Hugo Schmitt,

Jenny Schmitt is mentioned on 4 location pagesCarl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), Firma Carl Hagenbeck, Mills Brothers Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,

Jenny Schmitt is mentioned on 2 elephant record pagesJenny (Siam), Lelabardi,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). wife Jenny Schmitt in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=133. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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