Mister Figg....?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85303

"sand000d" wrote:
> What I was thinking is, Arabella Figg uses the title Mrs. implying, 
> obviously, that she is/was married.  Now Mr. Figg may have been a 
> muggle or another squib or maybe a wizard, who knows?   But the fact 
> that Mrs. Figg is a squib implies that she comes from wizarding 
> blood.  Is there ever any talk of what he maiden name is?  Is this 
> important at all or am I just taking things too far? 


Carol:
At Harry's hearing (OoP 142, Am. edition), she gives her full name as
Arabella Doreen Figg. Either she omits her maiden name or she was
never really married and "Mrs." is only part of her disguise as a
muggle, since muggles tend to expect older women to have been married
at some point. "Miss Figg" would sound odd at her time of life.

OTOH, if Figg is her late husband's last name and he was a muggle, the
fact that the MoM had never heard of her makes more sense than having
it just lose track of her because she's a squib. Maybe if she'd given
her maiden name along with her married name at the hearing, she'd have
been recognized as part of a wizarding family. So I think you're right
that Figg is a muggle name. 

That's all I can come up with at this point. Hope it helps.

Carol