Blythe family

The Blythe family was a family that lived in Prince Edward Island during the later 1800s and early 1900s. Several members lived in the small village of Avonlea, including John and Gilbert Blythe. Later Gilbert Blythe married Anne Shirley at Green Gables and they moved to the House of Dreams, where Anne gave birth to two children Joyce and Jem, the latter of whom survived. After living in the House of Dreams for several years, Gilbert decided they needed a bigger house to live in. Consequently, they moved to Ingleside, where the rest of Anne's children were born.

Gilbert's great-aunt, Mary Maria Blythe, was mentioned to have a home in Charlottetown, but came to Ingleside for a short visit after her mother died aged eighty-five.

Members

 * David Blythe (Gilbert's great-uncle)
 * Mary Maria Blythe (Gilbert's great-aunt and John's cousin )
 * John Blythe (Gilbert's father)
 * Gilbert Blythe (Anne Shirley's husband)
 * Anne Blythe (nee Shirley) (Gilbert's wife)
 * Joyce "Joy" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's first child, died shortly after being born)
 * James Matthew "Jem" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's first son)
 * Walter Cuthbert "Walt" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's second son; died in France during World War I)
 * Anne "Nan" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's daughter; Di's twin)
 * Diana "Di" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's daughter; Nan's twin)
 * Shirley Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's youngest son)
 * Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe (Gilbert and Anne's youngest child)

Namesakes
Many of the Blythe children (with the exception of Joyce) were named after other people, living or dead, that had made a particular influence on Anne's life (with the exception of Anne herself, whom Nan was named after).


 * James Matthew "Jem" Blythe
 * Captaim Jim, a retired sailor that Anne and Gilbert met while they were living in the House of Dreams
 * Matthew Cuthbert, Anne's guardian after the Cuthberts adopted her from an orphanage at age eleven
 * Walter Cuthbert "Walt" Blythe
 * Walter Shirley, Anne's father who died when she was a baby
 * Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Anne's adopted guardians
 * Anne "Nan" Blythe
 * Anne Shirley
 * Diana "Di" Blythe
 * Diana Barry, Anne's childhood friend
 * Shirley Blythe
 * Walter and Bertha Shirley, Anne's parents who died when she was a baby
 * Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe
 * Bertha Shirley, Anne's mother
 * Marilla Cuthbert, Anne's adopted guardian