Daisy Baggins

2011-05-28T16:03:14Z

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| name=Daisy Baggins
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| birth={{SR|1350}}
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| parentage=[[Dudo Baggins]]
| location=[[the Shire]]
| gender=Female
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'''Daisy Boffin, née Baggins''', was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].

==History==
Daisy was the daughter of [[Dudo Baggins]], born in {{SR|1350}}. She married [[Griffo Boffin]] and had one child, [[Tosto Boffin]] in {{SR|1388}}.<ref>{{App|Baggins}}</ref>
==Etymology==
Daisy, a flower name, derives from [[Old English]] ''dæges eage'' "day's eye".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref>

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[[de:Margerite Boffin]]
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[[fi:Tuhatkauno Reppuli]]

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Gaffer Gamgee

2011-05-27T08:21:52Z

Grey Wanderer: added Halfred Gamgee as the sixth child

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| image=[[Image:Stephen Hickman - Gaffer Gamgee and the Black Rider.jpg|250px]]
| name=Hamfast Gamgee
| othernames=Gaffer, [[Ranugad]] [[Galbasi]], [[Baravorn]]
| birth=[[Third Age 2926|S.R. 1326]]
| death=[[Fourth Age 7|S.R. 1428]]
| parentage=[[Hobson|Hobson Gamgee]] + ?
| location=[[Hobbiton]]
| gender=Male
| hair=In later life gray
|}}
<center>{{quote|You can say what you like, Gaffer, but Bag End's a queer place, and its folk are queerer.|[[Sandyman]]<ref name="Party">{{FR|Party}}</ref>|center}}</center>
'''Hamfast Gamgee''', better known as '''the Gaffer''', was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]], and the father of [[Samwise Gamgee]].

==History==

Hamfast was born in 2926, the third son of [[Hobson|Hobson Gamgee]], who was a roper by trade. His mother's name is not known.<ref name="Gamgee">{{App|Gamgee}}</ref>

He entered the service of his uncle, [[Holman Greenhand]], and became a gardener. One of his first jobs was tending the garden of [[Bag End]]. On [[June 22]], [[Third Age 2942|T.A. 2942]], he and Holman tried frantically to keep the garden in order during the auction of the presumed-dead [[Bilbo Baggins]].<ref name="Party"/> It is likely that at this time he already lived at Number 3, [[Bagshot Row]].

Hamfast became a gardener in his own right, and a local expert on [[potatoes]].<ref name="Party"/> He married [[Bell Gamgee|Bell Goodchild]], and they had six children: [[Hamson Gamgee|Hamson]], [[Halfred Gamgee|Halfred]], [[Daisy Gamgee|Daisy]], [[May Gamgee|May]], Samwise and [[Marigold Gamgee|Marigold]].<ref name="Gamgee"/> Sam became Hamfast's apprentice.

Sam took over most of his father's work, who had become too old for the laborous work. He became known as the "Gaffer", a name Sam uses more often than "Hamfast".

In the wake of the [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], the Gaffer entertained a crowd at the [[Ivy Bush]]. Always a man of knowledge, he argued with [[Sandyman]], [[Old Noakes]] and [[Daddy Twofoot]] about the [[Baggins Family|Bagginses]] and the [[Sackville-Baggins Family|Sackville-Bagginses]].<ref name="Party"/>

On [[September 22]], [[Third Age 3018|T.A. 3018]], the night of the departure of [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and Sam from the Shire, [[Khamûl]], one of the [[Nazgûl]] rode up the lane, and asked the elderly hobbit about "[[Baggins Family|Baggins]]". A week later, he was visited by [[Gandalf]] who also informed about Frodo's whereabouts.<ref>{{FR|Meetings}}</ref>

When [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]] and eventually [[Sharkey]] took over the Shire, the Gaffer was evicted from Bagshot Row.<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref> After the [[Battle of Bywater]], in which he only had a marginal role, he moved back into the newly restored [[New Row]], while Sam moved into Bag End. He was looked after by the [[Widow Rumble]], and died in Fourth Age 7.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name ''Hamfast'' means "Stay-at-home", or literally, "Home-fast". It is a translation of his [[Westron]] name, [[Ranugad]] [[Galbasi]].<ref>{{App|F2}}</ref> In the [[King's Letter]], the name (referring to [[Hamfast Gardner]], not the Gaffer) is translated into [[Sindarin]] as [[Baravorn]].<ref>{{SD|Epilogue}}</ref>

"Gaffer" is a word for "foreman".<ref>Etymonline, "[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gaffer Gaffer]", accessed November 29, 2010</ref>

==Inspiration==
In [[Letter 257]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] recounts a holiday to Lamorna Cave in the early 1930's. To amuse his sons, he named a local Gaffer Gamgee. This "curious local character" was "an old man who used to go about swapping gossip and weather-fashion and such like". The surname was chosen because it alliterated with Gaffer.

Tolkien had several encounters with actual Gamgees, however. [[wikipedia:Gamgee Tissue|Gamgee Tissue]], a word young Ronald considered comical, was named after [[wikipedia:Sampson Gamgee|J. Sampson Gamgee]] (1828-1886), a famous [[Birmingham]] surgeon.<ref>{{L|72}}</ref> The Gamgees were notorious surgeons - years later, Dr. Leonard Gamgee tended those war-wounded, including Lieutenant Tolkien.{{fact}}

==Portrayal in Adaptations==
'''1981: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)]]'':'''
:[[John Church]] plays Gaffer Gamgee. He used a thick peasant accent for the role.

'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:Gaffer appears in the {{fotree}}, where he is played by [[Norman Forsey]]. The conversation in the Ivy Bush is moved to the [[Green Dragon Inn]], though the dialogue remains much the same. He does not appear at Sam's marriage in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''.

'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]]'':'''
:Gaffer appears twice; at first, he drinks at the Green Dragon, but during the night, he informs Frodo of the Ringwraith that stalks the Shire. He was voiced by an uncredited [[Jim Piddock]].
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[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
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[[Category:Gamgee]]
[[de:Hamfast Gamdschie (Sohn von Hobsen)]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hobbits/gamegie/hamfast_gamegie_1]]
[[fi:Hamfast Gamgi (Ukko Gamgi)]]

Halfred Gamgee

2011-05-27T08:21:07Z

Grey Wanderer: corrected parentage

{{hobbit
| image=
| name=Halfred Gamgee
| othernames=
| birth={{SR|1369}}
| death=
| parentage=[[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]], [[Bell Goodchild]]
| location=[[Northfarthing]]
| gender=Male
| hair=
|}}
'''Halfred Gamgee''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].

==History==
Halfred was the second son of [[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]]. He moved to the [[Northfarthing]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name comes from [[Old English]] ''healfrēad'' "half-red, reddish" or from ''healfrǣd'' "half counsel".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of names</ref>
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[[de:Halfred Gamdschie (Sohn von Hamfast)]]
[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hobbits:gamegie:halfred_gamegie_2]]
[[fi:Halfred Gamgi]]

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2011-05-27T08:17:59Z

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