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The '''Boffin Family''' was a prominent family of | The '''Boffin Family''' was a prominent family of [[the Shire]], associated with the region of [[the Yale]] in the [[Eastfarthing]]. Important members include [[Berylla Baggins|Berylla Boffin]], who was an ancestor of both [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and [[Frodo Baggins]], and [[Folco Boffin]], who helped Frodo in his move from [[Bag End]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== |
Revision as of 18:52, 10 January 2011
The Boffin Family was a prominent family of the Shire, associated with the region of the Yale in the Eastfarthing. Important members include Berylla Boffin, who was an ancestor of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and Folco Boffin, who helped Frodo in his move from Bag End.
Etymology
The name Boffin is a rendition into English of Westron Bophîn, of unknown meaning. An early idea by Tolkien was to translate it "Loffin", as Bophîn (at that time) had a connection to "Laugh".
Boffin Family Tree
Buffo Boffin = Ivy Goodenough | __________________________________________________|______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Bosco Basso Briffo Berylla = Balbo 1167-1258 b. 1167 b. 1170 b. 1172 | Baggins | (reputedly 'went to sea' in 1195) (removed to Bree in 1210) ___|___ | | | Otto the Fat = Lavender Grubb Mungo Largo 1212-1300 | Baggins Baggins ________|___________________________________________________________ : : | | | | : : | | | | : : Hugo = Donnamira Uffo = Sapphira Rollo = Druda Primrose = Blanco Bracegirdle : : 1254-1345 | Took b. 1257 | Brockhouse b. 1266 : Burrows b. 1265 | : : _____|___ _|________ : ______|______ : : | | | | (various descendents) | | : : | | | | | | : : Jago Jessamine = Herugar Gruffo Gerda = Adalbert Bruno Bracegirdle Lobelia = Otho Sackville- Bilbo : 1294-1386 b. 1297 : Bolger 1300-1399 1304-1404 Bolger 1313-1410 1318-1420 | Baggins Baggins : | : | ________________|_______ | : | : | | | | : Vigo : Griffo = Daisy Hugo Seredic = Hilda Lotho Sackville- Frodo 1337-1430 : b. 1344 | Baggins Bracegirdle Brandybuck | b. 1354 Baggins Baggins | : | ________|_________ | : | | | | Folco Fredegar Bolger Tosto Doderic Ilberic Celandine b. 1378 b. 1380 b. 1388 b. 1389 b. 1391 b. 1394