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The '''Grubb Family''' was an important and wealthy family of the [[Shire-hobbits]]. | |||
[[Category: | Female members of that family married into the [[Baggins Family|Baggins]] and [[Boffin Family|Boffin families]]. [[Laura Grubb]] married [[Mungo Baggins]], and was [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]]'s grandmother.<ref>{{App|Baggins}}</ref> | ||
Some of the family were involved in auctioneering. The company [[Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes]] was set to sell [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s belongings.<ref>{{H|Stage}}</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The name is meant to recall the English verb grub "dig, root, in the ground".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 759</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:16, 8 December 2014
The Grubb Family was an important and wealthy family of the Shire-hobbits.
Female members of that family married into the Baggins and Boffin families. Laura Grubb married Mungo Baggins, and was Bilbo's grandmother.[1]
Some of the family were involved in auctioneering. The company Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes was set to sell Bilbo Baggins's belongings.[2]
Etymology
The name is meant to recall the English verb grub "dig, root, in the ground".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Last Stage"
- ↑ 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, p. 759