Dates

III 2885 - III 2984 (1285 - 1384 by the Shire-reckoning, lived 99 years)

Race

Culture

Family

An ancestor of the Gamgee family

Settlements

Pronunciation

ho'bson

Meaning

Simply 'son of Hob' (that is, Hob Gammidge)

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Hobson

Sam Gamgee's rope-making grandfather

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Hobson
(Roper
Gamgee)

Halfred of
Overhill

The son of Hob Gammidge, who was in turn the father of Hamfast 'Gaffer' Gamgee, and the grandfather of Samwise Gamgee, who found fame on the Quest of Mount Doom. Hobson, who was the first member of the family to adopt the name 'Gamgee', was the unnamed 'grand-dad' of Sam's who worked a rope-walk in Tighfield in the Shire.

See also...

Andwise ‘Andy’ Roper, Gamgee Family, Gammidge Family, Gammidgy, Hamfast ‘Gaffer’ Gamgee, Hob Gammidge, Hobbit-names, May, Old Gammidgy, Roper Family, Roper Gamgee, Tighfield

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