found: Swan, S. E. The biggest modern woman of the world, c1983:p. 4 of cover (Anna Swan, Nova Scotian giantess) Can CIP data (Swan, Anna, 1846-1888)
found: Crowe, Richard. A giant love story, ©2016 :page 12 (Anna Haining Swan, born 1846, New Annan, Nova Scotia ; page 17 (died: August 5, 1888 ; parents: Alexander Swan and Ann Graham Swan) ; page 14 (married: June 17, 1871) ; page [3] ([spouse]: Martin Van Buren Bates, born 1837)
found: Find a Grave, viewed October 21, 2016:(Anna Haining Swan Bates ; born: Aug. 6, 1848, Nova Scotia ; married: Martin Van Buren Bates, 17 June 1871, London ; died: Aug. 5, 1888)
found: Dictionary of Canadian biography, viewed October 20, 2016:volume 11, 1881-1890 (Swan, Anna Haining (Bates), b. 7 Aug. 1846 at Mill Brook, N.S. ; d. 5 Aug. 1888, at Seville, Ohio ; m. 17 June 1871, Martin Van Buren Bates) - http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/swan_anna_haining_11E.html