The Real Matchmakers The Real MatchmakersThe Real MatchmakersHeather Jenner was the daughter of a brigadier-general and spent several years in Ceylon before she returned home to England along with her parents. Mary Oliver grew up in a simple farmhouse in Cambridgeshire. The two girls met in Ceylon on a boat coming home to England, and after some convincing by Mary, Heather agreed to create the Marriage Bureau. (Heather is the one who insisted on the name change from Agency to Bureau.) AgencyBureauUncle George really existed and is one of the few real names that I have kept in honor of his memory. He did give Mary the idea to form a bureau, since she had the talent of matchmaking. Mary really did sever an engagement with a man who was controlling and had made it clear to her that their ma