Bertha Shirley (née Willis) is the birth mother to Anne Shirley Cuthbert and wife to Walter Shirley. She is known to have red hair and blue eyes. She and her husband died of fever when Anne was just a month old. Through Anne, she is the mother in-law of Gilbert Blythe. She is the grandmother of Joyce, Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley and Marilla. Bertha's granddaughter, Joyce, passed away when she was born.
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