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Hob Gammidge, the only Hobbit known to have used this name, was born in III 2846 (1246 by the Shire-reckoning)
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Settlements
Associated with Tighfield in the Westfarthing of the Shire
Pronunciation
'ga'mmidge'
Meaning
A corruption of the village name Gamwich ('game village'), the home of earlier members of the family
Other names
A variation of the earlier form Gamwich, later itself adapted to Gammidgy and then to Gamgee

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Gammidge Family

An ancestral family name of the Gamgees

A short-lived family name of the Shire-hobbits; indeed, Hob Gammidge is the only recorded Hobbit to use the name. It was a corruption of the name of his family's original home, the village of Gamwich. The name was further corrupted when Hob acquired the nickname 'Old Gammidgy', which in turn gave rise to the family name 'Gamgee'.


See also...

Gamwich Family, Hob Gammidge, Old Gammidgy, Wiseman Gamwich

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