Boffin family

This article is about Tolkien's hobbits. For other uses of the word boffin see boffin (disambiguation).

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In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Boffin (anglicization of Bophîn, name of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) family are a prominent hobbit 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.

They were a Stoor family, and their ancestors long dwelt in Dunland before migrating northwest.^{[citation needed]}

Boffins of the Yale

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                                     Buffo Boffin
                                  = Ivy Goodenough
                               ___________|_______________________ 
                               |          |          |           |
                             Bosco      Basso      Briffo      Berylla
                               |                          = Balbo Baggins
                               |                                 :
                               |                                 :
                         Otto the Fat                       Bilbo Baggins
                       = Lavender Grubb
               ________________|__________________________________________________
               |                   |                          |                  |
             Hugo                Uffo                       Rollo            Primrose
     = Donnamira Took  = Sapphira Brockhouse          = Druda Burrows  = Blanco Bracegirdle
   ____________|          _________|________                  |            ______|______
   |           |          |                |                  |            |           |
  Jago     Jessamine    Gruffo           Gerda               Sago        Bruno      Lobelia
 = Fem    = Herugar  = Lila Grubb  = Adalbert Bolger  = Frinella Chubb = Tolula = Otho Sackville-
Hornblower  Bolger        |                                   |          Goold       Baggins
   |                      |                                   |        ____|____       |
  Vigo                 Griffo                             (various     |       |     Lotho
= Tansy Proudfoot = Daisy Baggins                      descendants)  Hugo   Hilda
   |                      |                                               = Seredic
 Folco                  Tosto                                              Brandybuck

Mr. Bliss

Another, earlier work by Tolkien, the illustrated tale "Mr. Bliss", features a comic policeman character called Sergeant Boffin.

References

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1. ^ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1996), Christopher Tolkien, ed., The Peoples of Middle-earth, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, "The Family Trees", ISBN 0-395-82760-4