Character Bios
Gamgee children
Location(s): Shire
Race/Species: Hobbit
Parents: Samwise Gamgee and Rosie Cotton
Siblings: see below
Spouse: see below
Children: see below
Description:
Elanor "The Fair"
b. 1421
m. 1451, Fastred of Greenholm
Known children: Elfstan Fairbairn, b. 1454; Fíriel (birthdate unknown)
Fastred is made Warden of Westmarch by the Thain in 1455, at the request of Sam. Elanor and Fastred move to Undertowers on the Tower Hills. Their descendants are known as the Fairbairns of the Towers, Wardens of Westmarch. They inherit the Red Book.
Frodo Gardner
b. 1423
Known chlidren: Holfast Gardner, b. 1462. Holfast has at least one son, Harding of the Hill, b. 1501.
Tolkien indicates that Frodo takes the name Gardner, but it is unclear if the other Gamgee children did so as well.
Rose
b. 1425
Merry
b. 1427
Pippin
b. 1429
Goldilocks
b. 1431
m. 1463, Faramir Took (son of Thain Peregrin Took)
Hamfast
b. 1432
Daisy
b. 1433
Primrose
b. 1435
Bilbo
b. 1436
Ruby
b. 1438
Robin
b. 1440
Tolman (Tom)
b. 1442
Resources:
The Lord of the Rings. Appendix B: The Tale of Years and Appendix C: Family Trees.
The Tolkien Reader. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from The Red Book
Contributors:
Aranel Took, 08.16.06