Dates
III 2984 - Mid-year's Day IV 61 (1384 - 1482 by the Shire-reckoning, lived 98 years)
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Family
Born into the Cotton family; gave rise to the Gardners
Settlements
Lived at Bag End after her marriage
Meaning
Named for the flower, possible in memory of her great-grandmother Rose
Other names
Affectionately known as 'Rosie' and (later in life) as 'Mistress Rose'

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Rose Cotton

The bride of Sam Gamgee

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Tolman
Cotton
Lily
Brown
Tolman
Cotton
Samwise
Gamgee
Rose
Cotton
Wilcome
Cotton
Bowman
Cotton
Carl
Cotton
Elanor
Gardner
Frodo
Gardner
Rose
Gardner
Merry
Gardner
Pippin
Gardner
Goldilocks
Gardner
Hamfast
Gardner
Daisy
Gardner
Primrose
Gardner
Bilbo
Gardner
Ruby
Gardner
Robin
Gardner
Tolman
Gardner

Daughter of Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown, she married Samwise Gamgee after his return from the Quest of Mount Doom. Together they had thirteen children.


See also...

Bilbo Gardner, Bowman ‘Nick’ Cotton, Carl ‘Nibs’ Cotton, Cotton Family, Daisy Gardner, Elanor Gardner, Frodo Gardner, Gardner Family, Goldilocks Gardner, Hamfast Gardner, ‘Long Horn’, Merry Gardner, Mrs. Lily Cotton (née Lily Brown), Pippin Gardner, Primrose Gardner, [See the full list...]

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