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When he was three, he went to England with his mother and brother on what was intended to be a lengthy family visit. His father, however, died in South Africa of rheumatic fever before he could join them. This left the family without an income, so Tolkien's mother took him to live with her parents in Kings Heath, Birmingham.
Their mother is supportive and loving, filling their minds with stories of adventure and mystery which she recites by the fireplace at night. She becomes ill, however, and one day upon returning home from school, Tolkien finds her slumped in her chair, dead.
Dec 15, 2023 · Alex Batty, centre, disappeared with his mother, Melanie Batty, and grandfather, David Batty. Toulouse Assistant Public Prosecutor Antoine Leroy told journalists the French authorities were...
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Dec 15, 2023 · Alex Batty vanished in 2017 on a holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather. The pair do not have parental guardianship of the 17-year-old and remain wanted over his disappearance. Alex...
Jun 8, 2024 · Mabel Tolkien (née Suffield, January 1870 - 14 November 1904) was the mother of J.R.R. Tolkien and Hilary Tolkien, being the wife of Arthur Reuel Tolkien. She was the child of John and Emily Suffield, along with six other siblings.
Dec 18, 2023 · He was 11 when he went on holiday with his mother Melanie Batty - who does not have legal parental guardianship - and his grandfather, David Batty, in 2017, and never returned. Alex, now 17, was found on Wednesday after a delivery driver offered him a lift near Toulouse.
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Jun 17, 2024 · At age four Tolkien, with his mother and younger brother, settled near Birmingham, England, after his father, a bank manager, died in South Africa. In 1900 his mother converted to Roman Catholicism, a faith her elder son also practiced devoutly. On her death in 1904, her boys became wards of a Catholic priest.
