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An ancestor of the Gamgee and Cotton families
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Holman means 'hole man' (that is, a Hobbit who lived in a Hobbit-hole)
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Holman the greenhanded

An ancestor of Sam Gamgee

Sam Gamgee's ancestor, who seems to have founded the tradition of gardening in Hobbiton that was carried on by his great-grandson Hamfast Gamgee and Hamfast's own son, Sam himself. Holman founded a family of gardeners who took their surname from his nickname: the Greenhands. It was through Holman's grandson and namesake Holman Greenhand that Hamfast came to Hobbiton from Tighfield, and turned his hand to the family tradition of gardening.


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