Primrose Bracegirdle
Wife to Blanco Bracegirdle; mother of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Primrose Boffin was born in 2865 of the Third Age. She wasthe daughter of Otto and Lavender Boffin. Primrose Boffin had three older brothers named Hugo, Uffo, and Rollo. Primrose married Blanco Bracegirdle and they had two children: Bruno born in 2913 and Lobelia born in 2918. Their family lived in Hardbottle in the Northfarthing of the Shire. Primrose's date of death is not known.
Names & Meanings
Primrose was named after a flower, like many female Hobbits. There was also a Hobbit named Primrose in the Gamgee family.
References
The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King: "The Grey Havens," page 301
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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