Mabel Tolkien

Biography

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Mother of J.R.R. Tolkien. Mabel Suffield was born in Birmingham, one of six children of John Suffield, a draper who had become a commercial traveller, and his wife Emily (nee Sparrow.) In March 1891, she sailed from Southampton to Cape Town to marry Arthur Tolkien. Their two sons, Ronald (1892) and Hilary (1894) were born in South Africa; but, while his wife and children were on a visit to Birmingham, Arthur died of a haemorrhage, and the family remained in England. In June 1900, Mabel and her sister May were received into the Roman Catholic Church, and her children were brought up in that faith. However, Mabel, like her husband, died young, of a diabetic coma.

References

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XW7-DG2 : 1 October 2014), Mabel Suffield, 1870; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Solihull, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Name Mabel Suffield Event Type Birth Registration Event Place Solihull, Warwickshire, England Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar County Warwickshire Page 503 Registration Year 1870 Registration District Solihull Volume 6D Line Number 344 (also at Ancestry.com < AncestrySharing >
• "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-4PZR : 21 September 2022), Mabel Suffield in entry for Arthur Renel Tolkien, 1891.
• Baptisms 1850-1893 (Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein and Bloemfontein Cathedral, St Andrew and St Margaret)
• "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFNQ-S6M : 23 February 2021), Mabel Tolkien in entry for John Ronald Renel, 31 Jan 1892; citing Baptism, St Andrew and St Margaret, Bloemfontein and Bloemfontein Cathedral, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, p. 226, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
• "England, Archdiocese of Birmingham, Roman Catholic Parish Records, 1539-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68JK-4B69 : 13 September 2021), Mabel Tolkien, 1904. Name Mabel Tolkien Event Type Burial Event Date 17 Nov 1904 Event Place Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Age 34 Birth Date 1870 Death Date 14 Nov 1904 Series Name P104/4/2 Affiliate Name Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives Diocese Birmingham Church Sancti Petri
• "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VF9-BKW2 : 8 February 2022), Mabel Suffield Tolkien, ; citing Probate, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004071551.
• "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7WB-656Z : 26 August 2022), Mabel Tolkien, 6 Jan 1905; citing Probate, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm 251,395.
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