Talk:John Gamgee

His brother's name inspired Tolkein
I just heard the "No Such thing as a fish" podcast; according to that John G.'s brother was Samuel Gamgee - who supplied medical material during WW 1. Tolkien used his name as a basis for Samwise Gamgee in LOTR. He also married Samwise to Dot Cotton; named after another type of material. Interesting enough for the article? I don't have the references though. Apepper (talk) 19:06, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

His brother was Sampson Gamgee. The link to Tolkien is mentioned on his page although it isn't referenced. Graemec2 (talk) 20:48, 24 October 2017 (UTC)