Andwise Roper
Related Terms: Samwise Gamgee, Tighfield
Andwise Roper was the uncle of Sam Gamgee.
Andwise Roper was born in TA 2923. He was the eldest child of Hobson Gamgee, and had three younger siblings: Hamfast Gamgee (father of Sam), May Gamgee, and Halfred of Overhill.
Andwise was commonly called Andy and was a rope-maker like his father, a family tradition that went back many generations to his grandfather Hob Gammidge.
The family had a rope-maker's yard known as a rope-walk in the village of Tighfield. Sam Gamgee's older brother Hamson Gamgee went to work for Andy as a rope-maker, and Sam learned quite a bit about ropes and knots from his Uncle Andy as well.
Andwise Roper was born in TA 2923. He was the eldest child of Hobson Gamgee, and had three younger siblings: Hamfast Gamgee (father of Sam), May Gamgee, and Halfred of Overhill.
Andwise was commonly called Andy and was a rope-maker like his father, a family tradition that went back many generations to his grandfather Hob Gammidge.
The family had a rope-maker's yard known as a rope-walk in the village of Tighfield. Sam Gamgee's older brother Hamson Gamgee went to work for Andy as a rope-maker, and Sam learned quite a bit about ropes and knots from his Uncle Andy as well.
Encyclopedia entry originally written by _Lady_Of_The_Wood_