Do Hogwarts Professors Have Spouses?

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 47329

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., eloiseherisson at a... wrote:
> Phyllis:
>>> 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.<<<
>
Eloise replied:
 
>>> It's also possible, logically at least, that some of them are 
married *to each other*!
> Or even all of them (three men, three women)!
> 
> Eloise
> Who doesn't *want* Snape to be married to anyone, thank you very 
much.

I say:

It's also highly likely that one or more of the teachers have been 
married, but their spouse(s) has(have) died. So many wizards are said 
to have been killed in the Voldemort killer campaigns, it is 
certainly conceivable that bereavement touched the teaching staff.


Ali

who is convinced that Snape was never married - he was in love with 
Lily didn't you know? <g>