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Primrose Boffin

Primrose Bracegirdle
Hobbit
Biographical Information
Other namesPrimrose Boffin
Date of birthS.R. 1265
ParentageOtto Boffin, Lavender Grubb
LocationThe Yale
Physical Description
GenderFemale

Primrose Bracegirdle, née Boffin was a Hobbit of the Shire.

[edit] History

Primrose was the daughter of Otto Boffin and Lavender Grubb. She married Blanco Bracegirdle and had two children, Bruno in S.R. 1313 and Lobelia in S.R. 1318.[1]

[edit] Etymology

Primrose (from Latin primula and English rose) are plants of the primula genus of the primrose family.

[edit] References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Boffin of the Yale"