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Maude Idola <I>Wilson</I> Weiss

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Maude Idola Wilson Weiss

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22 Oct 1928 (aged 49)
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Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Maude was once billed as the world's largest woman when she appeared with the Johnny Jones carnival shows. She spent the last eight years of her life with carnivals and at one time weighted 600 pounds and was down to 300 at the time of her death.

Maude Idola Weiss
Death 22 Oct 1928, Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois, Age 49
Birth 1 Oct 1879, Bushnell, McDonough Co., IL
Father: Samuel L. Wilson, born Beverly, OH
Mother: Lida Chambers, born Illinois
Occupation: showwomen
Residence: Galesburg, Knox Co., IL
Spouse: Frank J. Weiss
Burial 24 Oct 1928, Bushnell Cemetery, McDonough Co., IL
--from Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, Digital Folder #4008230, Image 981, Film #1642728, P 40278
Maude was once billed as the world's largest woman when she appeared with the Johnny Jones carnival shows. She spent the last eight years of her life with carnivals and at one time weighted 600 pounds and was down to 300 at the time of her death.

Maude Idola Weiss
Death 22 Oct 1928, Galesburg, Knox Co., Illinois, Age 49
Birth 1 Oct 1879, Bushnell, McDonough Co., IL
Father: Samuel L. Wilson, born Beverly, OH
Mother: Lida Chambers, born Illinois
Occupation: showwomen
Residence: Galesburg, Knox Co., IL
Spouse: Frank J. Weiss
Burial 24 Oct 1928, Bushnell Cemetery, McDonough Co., IL
--from Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, Digital Folder #4008230, Image 981, Film #1642728, P 40278

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