The Ringling brothers were seven siblings who transformed their small touring company of performers into one of America's largest circuses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2] They were the children of Heinrich Friedrich August Ringling (1826-1898) of Hanover, Germany and Marie Salome Juliar (1833-1907) of Ostheim, France. They merged their Ringling Brothers Circus with America's other leading circus troupes, ultimately creating the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which still tours today under their name.
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Siblings
- Albert Ringling (1852-1916). He divorced his wife in 1914 and died of Bright's disease in Wisconsin.[3][4]
- Augustus G. Ringling (1854-1907)[1]
- Otto Ringling (1858-1911). He died on April 2, 1911 at the home of his brother, John on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. They were in New York for a show at Madison Square Garden.[5]
- Alfred Theodore Ringling (1861-1919), was a juggler. He had a son Richard Ringling. He also had a granddaughter Mabel Ringling who married Richard Durant, and elephant trainer.[6]
- Charles Edward Ringling (1863-1926)[7]
- John Nicholas Ringling (1866-1936), could sing and clown[1]
- Henry Ringling (1869-1918) died on October 10, 1918[8]
- Ida Loraina Wilhelmina Ringling (1874-1950) who married Harry Whitestone North (1858-1921) in 1902. Their sons were John Ringling North and Henry Ringling North.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ a b c "Augustus Ringling Dead. Head of Tented Shows In America Dies in New Orleans.". New York Times. August 19, 1907. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E1DF113EE033A2575AC1A9649D946697D6CF. Retrieved 2008-07-20. "When the Ringling Brothers bought the Barnum Biley show they ... got a monopoly on the circus business in America. They now own outright three ..."
- ^ "The Ringlings in the McGregor Area". http://www.iowageology.org/gb70/Ring_Bros.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-21. "Beginning their tented circus in 1884, Alf T. Ringling, Al Ringling, Charles Ringling, John Ringling, and Otto Ringling soon became known as Kings Of The Circus World. A sixth brother, Henry Ringling, joined the show in 1886. In 1889 the seventh Ringling brother, A.G. "Gus" Ringling, joined the show ..."
- ^ "Ringling Seeks Divorce. Albert, 63, Eldest of Five Brothers of Circus Fame, Begins Suit.". Washington Post. May 8, 1914. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/243242572.html?dids=243242572:243242572&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAY+08%2C+1914&author=Special+to+The+Washington+Post.&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=RINGLING+SEEKS+DIVORCE.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2008-07-22. "A sensation was caused here this afternoon by the announcement that suit for divorce had been started by Albert Ringling, aged 63 years, oldest of the five brothers of circus fame."
- ^ "Al. Ringling Dead. Veteran Circus Man Stricken with Bright's Disease In Wisconsin.". New York Times. January 2, 1916. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E04E1D71739E233A25751C0A9679C946796D6CF. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Tribute to the Memory of Otto Ringling. His Body Taken to Wisconsin.". New York Times. April 2, 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9401EEDD1431E233A25751C0A9629C946096D6CF. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Mabel Ringling Plans To Marry". Associated Press in St. Petersburg Times. September 28, 1947. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O8cKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3U4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4258,19638&dq=mable+ringling. Retrieved 2009-02-12. "Miss Mabel Ringling. 23, granddaughter of a founder of the Ringling Bros. Circus, and a performer in the big show, confirmed today that she and Richard ..."
- ^ "Charles Ringling, Circus Owner, Dies. Member of World's Greatest Show Organization. One of Six Famous Brothers.". New York Times. December 4, 1926. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10711FC3E5912738DDDAD0894DA415B868EF1D3. Retrieved 2008-07-21. "One of the famous "six brothers of Baraboo," Charles Ringling was the son of a harness maker of Baraboo, Wisconsin. The brothers, John, Charles, Otto, Al, ..."
- ^ "Henry Ringling Dead". New York Times. October 12, 1918. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E1DD1539E13ABC4A52DFB6678383609EDE. Retrieved 2008-07-23. "Henry Ringling, youngest of the six brothers who during the last 25-years have been prominent in the circus world died yesterday of heart and other internal disorders."
- ^ "Died.". Time (magazine). 17 June 1985. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959229,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-20. "John Ringling North, 81, flamboyant, fast-talking showman who from 1937 to '43 and from 1947 to '67 ran "The Greatest Show on Earth," the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, started by his five uncles in 1884; of a stroke; in Brussels. North took over the debt-spangled show after the death of his last uncle, John Ringling, and modernized it with such attractions as Gargantua the Great, the "vehemently vicious" 550-lb. gorilla that drew more than 40 million circusgoers. In 1956, North folded the big top and reincarnated the show for new arenas of the air-conditioned era."
- ^ "Henry Ringling North, 83, Dies; Owner Who Modernized Circus". New York Times. 3 October 1983. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DE1E3BF930A35753C1A965958260. Retrieved 2008-07-22. "Henry Ringling North, a former owner and manager of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus founded by his uncles, died yesterday at a hospital in Switzerland. He was 83 and lived in Begnins, near Geneva. He died after a long illness, said his lawyer, Richard Cunningham."
- ^ "Mrs. Ida Ringling North Dies in Sarasota". Washington Post. December 22, 1950. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/225998802.html?dids=225998802:225998802&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&date=DEC+22%2C+1950&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Mrs.+Ida+Ringling+North+Dies+in+Sarasota&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
Gallery
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External links
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Official website
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