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1. We are very pleased to be invited out to "The Hut" in the High Valley, to take tea with Mrs Geoffrey Templestowe and her sisters Mrs Page and Mrs Young. What was their maiden name, shared by their eldest sister Mrs Worthington?
2. Strolling along a mountain path on the Gornetzplatz in Switzerland, we overhear a young woman telling her companion, "Oh, there are eleven of us at home; Mamma always wanted a big family". A few enquiries elicit the information that she is one of the daughters of Frau Doktor Maynard.
What was Frau Doktor Maynard's maiden name?
3. We exchange nods and smiles with a small motherly lady laden with shopping bags and, rather surprisingly, accompanied by a parrot on her shoulder! Hearing a young man calling for "Aunt Allie", we realise this must be Mrs Cunningham, and he must be Jack, the owner of Kiki the parrot.
What was this lady's name before she married Bill Cunningham?
(The answer is not her maiden name, but her name from a previous marriage.)
4. We hastily move out of the way as Mrs Russell trots past on her beautiful bay horse Pheasant, followed by her adopted son Tizzy on his pony, Worm. Her story is a sad one as she was first orphaned, then widowed when her husband Will was killed in the Great War.
What was her maiden name?
5. A young lady carefully helps her husband negotiate his way down the street, and we realise he is practically blind. Overhearing someone say "Good morning Mr Rochester, Mrs Rochester" we realise who she must be. What was her name before her marriage?
6. We visit the cemetery and see memorials to Mrs Grace Dow and Mrs Carrie Swanzey, who both sadly died of complications from the diabetes which ran in their family. They were survived by their older sister Mrs Wilder.
What was their maiden name?
7. As a beautiful woman flies past us, driving her carriage far too fast, we hear a passer by say something about "that Mrs Kennedy - you'd think a widow would be more decorus!" Still, she was only sixteen when her first husband, Mr Hamilton, died, and not much older when her second husband, Mr Kennedy, died too.
What was this lady's maiden name?
8. We see a very touching scene, as Mrs Bhaer, Mrs Laurence, and Mrs Brooke lay flowers at their sister's grave.
What was the sisters' maiden name?
9. In the queue at the baker's shop, we get chatting to a lady named Nelly, and she tells us a very sad tale all about a Mrs Edgar Linton. We recognise some details and realise that Mrs Linton is better known by her maiden name. What was this?
10. As we pass a young mother playing happily with her children, we hear her older companion address her as "Mrs Doctor Dear" and realise this is Mrs Doctor Gilbert Blythe.
What was her maiden name?
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