The giant couple became a touring sensation and eventually fell in love and, on 17 June 1871 in St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, they married. When visiting a circus in Halifax with which Martin Van Buren Bates - another enormously tall person - was travelling, Anna was spotted by the promoter and hired on the spot. She has an oval face, and is softly spoken, with a gentle voice". In 1869, whilst on a tour of Britain, one newspaper reporter said Anna "Towers above all men when stood up, and most women when sat down. The tape would go around the average woman's waist three times. Her highest recorded weight was 413 pounds.Īs part of her shows, Anna had a tape measure put around her waist and then had a lady from the audience put it around her own waist. Usually however, her weight was around 350 pounds (159 kg). At the time Anna weighed 394 pounds (179 kg). Employees of the museum found a derrick nearby, smashed the wall around a window on the third floor, and lowered Anna by block and tackle with 18 men holding the end of the rope. In her fear she bowled over the men sent to help her. The stairs were in flames but she was too large to escape through a window. She had to be rescued from a fire at Barnum's museum in July 1865.
She also excelled at her studies of acting, piano and voice. Touring and marriageĪnna excelled at literature and music and was considered to be very intelligent. Anna's body was in proportion throughout her childhood. Anna's feet measured 131⁄2 inches (34 cm) long.
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She would reach her full height two years later. By her 15th birthday Anna Swan was at just over 7 feet (210 cm) tall. On her 11th birthday she measured at 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). On her 6th birthday she was measured again, and she stood 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 centimetres) tall, an inch or two (2.5–5 cm) shorter than her mother. On her 4th birthday she was 4 feet 6 inches (137 centimetres) tall. Anna was the third of 13 children, all of around average height. Her growth ratesĪt birth Anna weighed approximately 18 pounds. Her parents were of average height and were Scottish immigrants. Anna Haining Bates, born Anna Haining Swan (Aug– August 5, 1888), was a Canadian from Mill Brook, New Annan (near present-day Tatamagouche), Colchester County, Nova Scotia, famed for her great height, believed to be 2.27 m (7' 5½") at the peak of her stature.
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