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   Family origins. 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. Michel's son Christianus Tolkien (1663–1746) was a wealthy miller in Kreuzburg.

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   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. She died on 14 November of that year leaving the two orphaned boys effectively destitute.

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   The Tolkien boys lodged at several homes from 1905 until 1911, when Ronald entered Exeter College, Oxford. Tolkien received a bachelor's degree from Oxford in 1915 and a master's degree in 1919.

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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...

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   Oct 27, 2016 · Mabel Tolkien returns to England with her two boys. 15 February 1896: Death of Arthur Tolkien in Bloemfontein. Summer 1896: Mabel Tolkien rents a cottage near Sarehole Mill, Moseley, on the outskirts of Birmingham. June 1900: Mabel is accepted into the Roman Catholic Church. Autumn 1900

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   John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein, in the Orange Free State (now South Africa), to Arthur and Mabel Tolkien. His parents, both originally from Birmingham, had moved to South Africa so that Arthur could pursue his career in banking.

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   What happened to the Tolkien boys?

   • Within a year of this move their father, Arthur Tolkien, died in Bloemfontein, and a few years later the boys' mother died as well. The Tolkien boys lodged at several homes from 1905 until 1911, when Ronald entered Exeter College, Oxford. Tolkien received a bachelor's degree from Oxford in 1915 and a master's degree in 1919.

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   Where did the Tolkien family come from?

   • 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. Michel's son Christianus Tolkien (1663–1746) was a wealthy miller in Kreuzburg.

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   Who visited the Tolkien family regularly?

   • The parish priest who visited the family regularly was the half-Spanish half-Welsh Father Francis Morgan. 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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   Where did Tolkien live when he was 3 years old?

   • When Tolkien was three years old, his mother took him and his younger brother Hilary to visit their family in England. The visit became permanent when his father died unexpectedly in South Africa. Mabel settled with her two young sons in Sarehole, a small village just outside Birmingham, which was later to inspire the Shire in Tolkien’s writings.

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   What influenced Tolkien's children?

   • All of his children were influenced by their literary legend of a father, and each chose to engage with that legacy differently. The biopic Tolkien, out May 10, depicts the famous author's life, but only a specific segment of it — his early life, from childhood through his service in World War I and the immediate aftermath.

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   What happened to the Tolkien boys in Bloemfontein?

   • Tolkien would later use this village as a model for one of the locales in his novels. Within a year of this move their father, Arthur Tolkien, died in Bloemfontein, and a few years later the boys' mother died as well. The Tolkien boys lodged at several homes from 1905 until 1911, when Ronald entered Exeter College, Oxford.

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   Jul 29, 2020 · Two of Tolkien’s boys went off to war, including Christopher, who was then just out of his teenage years, and younger than Tolkien himself when he went to France.