<P> The two marry in Anne's House of Dreams, and move to the town of Glen St. Mary, where Gilbert takes over his uncle's medical practice . He proves to be an excellent and well - respected doctor . Their married life is very happy and they have seven children: Joyce (also called Joy; died as an infant), James Matthew (Jem), Walter (who dies during the First World War), Anne and Diana (twins; also called Nan and Di), Shirley (the youngest boy), and Bertha Marilla (called Rilla). </P> <P> As the series ends, it is 1919 and they are happy; Gilbert is fifty - five and still sincerely in love with Anne Blythe . </P>

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