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'''Ruby Gardner''' (born {{FoA|18}}) was the eleventh child, and youngest daughter, of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].
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| name=Ruby Gardner
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'''Ruby Gardner''' was a [[Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].
 
==History==
Ruby was the eleventh child of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Ruby follows the custom of noble [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] women to be named after jewels, e.g. [[Ruby Bolger]]. The jewel [[wikipedia:ruby|ruby]] derives from Latin ''rubeus'' "reddish".
Ruby follows the custom of noble [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] women to be named after jewels, e.g. [[Ruby Bolger]]. The jewel [[wikipedia:ruby|ruby]] derives from Latin ''rubeus'' "reddish".<ref>[[Jim Allan]], ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref>
 
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Ruby is the first of the [[Gamgee Family]] to take such a name, but her father was already a [[Mayor of the Shire]].
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Revision as of 08:35, 8 December 2010

Ruby Gardner
Hobbit
Biographical Information
LocationHobbiton
BirthS.R. 1438
Family
ParentageSamwise Gamgee, Rose Cotton
Physical Description
GenderFemale

Ruby Gardner was a Hobbit of the Shire.

History

Ruby was the eleventh child of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton.[1]

Etymology

Ruby follows the custom of noble Hobbit women to be named after jewels, e.g. Ruby Bolger. The jewel ruby derives from Latin rubeus "reddish".[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
  2. Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"