The Bolger family was a Hobbit family of Fallohidish origin[1] associated with the village of Budgeford, on The Water in the Eastfarthing of the Shire.[2] In common with the Brandybucks and the Tooks, the Bolgers had a penchant for heroic names,[1] and so as well as Fredegar, we find such noble names as Fastolph, Gundabald and Odovacar.
Etymology
The name Bolger is a reference to the "bulged" size of the average Hobbit belly, referring to their fatness and tubbiness and presumably begun as a nickname.[3]
Both Bolger and Bulger are real-life English surnames although not necessarily of the same etymology.
It was a translation of Westron Bolgra of similar meaning.[4]
Family tree of the Bolgers of Budgeford
Showing the prominent members of the Bolger clan.[5] The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage, or when extended vertically, indicates a line of descent with one or more generations not shown. Names in italics signify those who attended Bilbo's Farewell Party on 22 September S.R. 1401.
| Gundolpho 1131-1230 | Alfrida of the Yale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gundahar 1174-1275 | Dina Diggle | Rudolph 1178 | Cora Goodbody | Gundahad 1180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adalgar 1215-1314 | Adaldrida 1218 | Marmadoc Brandybuck | Fastolph 1210 | Pansy Baggins | Gundabald 1222 | Salvia Brandybuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rudigar 1255-1348 | Belba Baggins | Rudibert 1260 | Amethyst Hornblower | Ruby 1264 | Fosco Baggins | Theobald 1261 | Nina Lightfoot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herugar 1295-1390 | Jessamine Boffin | Adalbert 1301-1397 | Gerda Boffin | (DROGO) | Wilibald 1304-1400 | Prisca Baggins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Odovacar 1335-1431 | Rosamunda Took | Filibert 1342-1443 | Poppy Chubb-Baggins | (FRODO) | Wilimar 1347 | Heribald 1351 | Nora 1360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fredegar 1380 | Estella 1385[6] | (MERIADOC) | (various descendants) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Conspiracy Unmasked"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "III. The Family Trees", Note 1