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