Mister Figg....?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85393

> Carol wrote:
> <snipped>
> >At Harry's hearing, she gives her full name as Arabella Doreen 
> Figg.  Either she omits her maiden name or she was never really 
> married.
> 
>Sylvia:
> 
> This doesn't follow.  Although I believe it is customary for American 
> women to use their maiden names as well as their current surnames on 
> formal occasions, this is not true in England.  Mrs. Figg, giving 
> evidence in an English court, would give only her Christian name, 
> middle names (if any) and her surname.  Her maiden name is 
> irrelevant. I would agree that, if there ever was a Mr. Figg, he 
> hasn't been around for some time.  She gives the impression of having 
> lived for a long while   on her own. Mr. Figg, if he ever existed, is 
> either dead or has legged it long ago.  Perhaps he couldn't stand all 
> those cats.


Carol: 

Since you snipped a large part of my post, you may have misread the
part you quoted, which is only a preliminary suggestion, not the main
argument. You say that the maiden name is irrelevant; I say that
either the maiden name is Figg or it's omitted. Either way, we agree
that Figg is her married name if indeed she was married. (If she
wasn't married, then Figg *is* her maiden name.) In the snipped
portion of the post I arrive at the conclusion that she did, indeed,
marry and that her husband was a muggle. My intention was to try to
answer the poster who asked if we knew Mrs. Figg's maiden name. It
appears that we don't, and neither does the MoM. If they did, they
might have kept better track of her. Motto: If you're a female squib
and don't want to disappear from the WW, marry a wizard. ;-)

Carol