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anna haining bates with her parents 05 august 1888 seville , ohio mill brook , new annan , canada canadian anna haining bates 06 august 1846 anna swan with her parents.jpg anna haining bates
 anna haining swan tuberculosis
anna haining bates

anna haining bates , born anna haining swan -lrb- august 6 , 1846 -- august 5 , 1888 -rrb- , was a canadian from mill brook , new annan -lrb- near present-day tatamagouche -rrb- , colchester county , nova scotia , famed for her great height , believed to be 2.43 m -lrb- 7 ' 11 1/2 '' -rrb- at the peak of her stature .
her parents were of average height and were scottish immigrants .
some have argued that anna was -lrb- 7 ' 6 '' -rrb- but it is known from pictures and both families , i.e swan and bates , that she was a few inches taller than her husband martin van buren bates who was -lrb- 7 ' 9 '' -rrb- ; she did not wear heeled shoes in photos with martin because he was not fond of the fact she was taller .
