Talk:Jem Blythe/@comment-27031373-20151008021825/@comment-3493059-20151008072552

Here's the quote from Anne's House of Dreams, chapter 34. I think it's made pretty clear that Jem is named after Captain Jim. ''"What are you going to call him?" asked Miss Cornelia.'' "Anne has settled his name," answered Gilbert.

"James Matthew—after the two finest gentlemen I've ever known—not even saving your presence," said Anne with a saucy glance at Gilbert.

Gilbert smiled.

"I never knew Matthew very well; he was so shy we boys couldn't get acquainted with him—but I quite agree with you that Captain Jim is one of the rarest and finest souls God ever clothed in clay. He is so delighted over the fact that we have given his name to our small lad. It seems he has no other namesake."