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The Tolkien family originated in the East Prussian town Kreuzburg near Königsberg, where the Tolkien name is attested since the 16th century. The verified paternal line of J. R. R. Tolkien starts with Michel Tolkien, born around 1620 in Kreuzburg.
Rough childhood. A family picture on a postcard with little John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (right), just 11 months old. It was shot in South Africa, his country of birth. After his father died, his...
Sep 18, 2024 · The local landowning family near Stonyhurst, meanwhile, were called the Shireburns – and the similarly named River Shirebourne appears in Tolkien's geography of Middle-earth.
Jul 9, 2024 · Research conducted by Ryszard Derdziński shows that the Tolkien family actually had its roots in Gdańsk (German form Danzig) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and earlier in Kreuzburg, East Prussia, but had been living in England since 1770.
May 8, 2019 · REAL LIFE. Questioning the Story: Did J.R.R. Tolkien's mother, Mabel, introduce him to mythology? Yes. The true story behind the Tolkien movie reveals that prior to her death, Mabel Tolkien taught her two children at home.
Feb 5, 2024 · Tolkien family life was generally lived on the genteel side of poverty. However, the situation worsened in 1904, when Mabel Tolkien was diagnosed as having diabetes, usually fatal in those pre-insulin days.
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May 9, 2019 · Tolkien eventually married Edith, as the film shows, and the two had four children: John Francis, Michael Hilary (named after Tolkien's brother Hilary), Christopher John, and Priscilla Mary...
