Do Hogwarts Professors Have Spouses? (WAS: Both Parents Work?)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 47320

Shauna wrote:
  
> What about the women at Hogwarts?  Is it possible that any of 
> them are married?  <snip> Sure, no mention of their marital status 
> is made, but given the sheer number of professional women, some of 
> them must be married!

Now me:

Comic Relief chat (March 2002, I believe):

Q: "Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?

JKR: "Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is sort 
of restricted - you'll find out why."

and the site:

http://www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks/pages/transcript3.shtml

The fact that this information is "sort of restricted" has always 
intrigued me.  I surmise that the following professors are *not* 
married:  Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape (sorry, Dinah!), 
Sprout, Flitwick and Trelawney.  I am basing this supposition on the 
fact that in PoA, all of these professors were at the Christmas 
dinner without spouses.  This, of course, assumes that one would 
normally eat Christmas dinner with one's spouse, which may not 
necessarily be a correct assumption.  But I don't have anything 
better to go on!  It is also possible that any of the above 
professors could have gotten married post-Christmas in PoA or anytime 
during GoF.

~Phyllis