Lavender Boffin
Great-Aunt of Bilbo Baggins. Lavender Grubb had a sister named Laura who married Mungo Baggins and had Bungo, the father of Bilbo. Lavender Grubb married Otto Boffin and they had three sons: Hugo born in year 2854 of the Third Age, Uffo born in 2857, and Rollo born in 2860. They also had a daughter named Primrose who was born in 2865. Primrose was the mother of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
Lavender Boffin's date of death is not known.
Lavender Boffin's date of death is not known.
Names & Meanings
Lavender is the name of an herb. The naming of Hobbit-lasses after plants was common among Hobbits.
References
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: "Baggins genealogy," page 380
The History of Middle-earth, Volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family Trees," pages 99, 101
The History of Middle-earth, Volume XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family Trees," pages 99, 101
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