Gardner family

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The Gardner family, also collectively known as the Gardners of the Hill, was the family name taken by the descendants of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton in honour of Sam's replanting of the Shire after the War of the Ring.[1]

The family, a branch of which were the Fairbairns of the Towers, became an important and influential family of Shire-hobbits in the Fourth Age.[2]

The Gardner family tree[1][edit | edit source]

The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). A dashed line indicates marriage.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samwise Gamgee
(gardener)
1380[note 1]
 
Rose Cotton
1384-1482[3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elanor Gardner
('the Fair')
1421
 
Fastred of Greenholm
[note 2]
 
Frodo Gardner
1423
 
Rose Gardner
1425
 
Merry Gardner
1427
 
Pippin Gardner
1429
 
Goldilocks Gardner
1431
 
Faramir Took I
[note 3]
 
Hamfast Gardner
1432
 
Daisy Gardner
1433
 
Primrose Gardner
1435
 
Bilbo Gardner
1436
 
Ruby Gardner
1438
 
Robin Gardner
1440
 
Tolman Gardner
('Tom')
1442
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fairbairns of the Towers
 
 
 
Holfast Gardner
1462
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harding of the Hill
1501
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Family tree notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Rode from Bag End on 22 September 1482. Said to have passed over the Sea.
  2. Fastred and Elanor removed to the Westmarch, a country then newly settled (being a gift of King Elessar) between the Far Downs and the Tower Hills. From them came the Fairbairns of the Towers, Wardens of Westmarch, who inherited the Red Book, and made several copies with various notes and later additions.
  3. Son of Thain Peregrin I.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"