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Linnea Greengrass I

**Linnea Greengrass I** (4 May 1690 - 25 May 1690) was the pure-blood infant daughter of Theobald Greengrass, 8th Earl of Norwich, and Cierce Greengrass (née Longbottom), Countess of Norwich. She was the second oldest of eleven siblings, and the second of three that did not live to adulthood.

## Biography

#### Birth

Linnea was born on 4 May, 1660, in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Her father, Theobald, was 20 and her mother, Cierce, was 18. She had an older brother, Alexei, at the time of her birth. She had been named for her maternal grandmother, Linnea Longbottom (née Burke).

#### Death

The infant was sickly and died a short twenty-one days after her birth.

#### Post-mortem

Linnea had been the second oldest of eleven siblings. Nine in total were born after her passing. They were:

* Alexei Greengrass I (18 Apr 1689 - 13 Jul 1700), died young
* Linnea Greengrass (4 May 1690 - 25 May 1690), died as an infant
* Aemilius Greengrass II, 9th Earl of Norwich (24 Jan 1691 - 1 Jun 1740)
* Alexandria Travers, Baroness Yarmouth (née Greengrass) (12 Apr 1692 - 4 May 1755), m. 4th Baron of Yarmouth
	+ Augusta Travers (13 Jul 1712 - 19 Feb 1801)
	+ Rev. Roman Travers (19 Jun 1713 - 18 Jan 1767)
	+ Eudora Travers (2 Dec 1714 - 4 Dec 1789)
	+ Eulalia Travers (1 Jul 1716 - 30 Jan 1725), died young
	+ Angelica Travers (13 Nov 1717 - 9 Jun 1800)
	+ Solomon Travers II, 5th Baron of Yarmouth (2 Jan 1719 - 13 Apr 1802)
	+ Rosalind "the Blind" Travers (2 Feb 1720 - 5 May 1752)
	+ Marcello Travers (16 Jul 1721 - 9 Apr 1741)
* Isadora Greengrass II (6 Sep 1693 - 1 Jul 1753)
* Edwinus Greengrass, 10th Earl of Norwich (14 Apr 1695 - 6 Jan 1751)
* Atilius Greengrass (1 Aug 1696 - 17 Jan 1703), died young
* Romilda Crabbe (née Greengrass) (7 Feb 1698 - 11 Aug 1716), first wife of Nicolas Crabbe (1698 - 1769)
	+ Nicholas Crabbe II (18 Jun 1713 - 19 Aug 1773)
	+ Johanna Crabbe (19 Aug 1714 - 11 Apr 1800)
	+ Mary Crabbe (20 Sep 1715 - 19 Aug 1743)
	+ Antony Crabbe (11 Aug 1716 - 9 Jun 1748)
* Alexei Greengrass II (16 Jan 1699 - 29 Oct 1767)
* Adeliza Greengrass (1 Dec 1699 - 9 Jul 1720)
* Cierce Greengrass II (12 Dec 1700 - 18 Jun 1783)

## Etymology

The name "Linnea" is a girl's name of Swedish origin meaning "twinflower, lime tree".

The surname Greengrass is of English topographical origins and would have denoted one who lived at a hamlet so named. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century words '*grene*,' meaning 'green' and '*groes*,' meaning grass.
Britton family

**Britton** is the surname of a wizarding family that lived in Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England. Members of this family are typically pure-blood and sorted into Ravenclaw. The family was not included in *The Pure-Blood Directory* of 1931, however, suggesting that in 1931, the Britton family were not considered among the oldest families of Great Britain, or simply that its members were not completely Pure-blood, which is more likely.

Recent members that have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Charles Britton, who attended from 1986 to 1993, and Bruce Britton, who attended from 1992 to 1999.

## History

### Origins

The name Britton was brought to England in the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Britton family lived in Devon. The name is a reference to the French province of Brettagne or Brittany, from where this family arrived in 1066.

### Early History

The surname Britton was first found in Devon, where they held a family seat from the 11th century. Originating in Brittany, the name was introduced to England in 1066 with Auvrai le Breton being present at the Norman Conquest in 1066 under the banner of Alain le Roux. William the Conqueror rewarded Auvrai for his service with lordships in Devon. Later some of the family were found at Great Witchingham in Norfolk. "The church is a handsome structure, chiefly in the later English style, with a lofty square embattled tower [holds the remains of] John Britton, Bishop of Hereford, who died in 1275."

### Recent History

The family was not included in *The Pure-Blood Directory* of 1931, however, suggesting that in 1931, the Britton family were not considered among the oldest families of Great Britain, or simply that its members were not completely Pure-blood, which is more likely.

Recent members that have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Charles Britton, who attended from 1986 to 1993, and Bruce Britton, who attended from 1992 to 1999.

## Known Members

* **Charles Britton** (b. 10 July, 1975) - He was born in Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1986 to June of 1993 as a member of Ravenclaw House.
* **Bruce Britton** (2 January, 1981 - 2 May, 1998) - He was born in Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England. He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September 1992 as a member of Ravenclaw House. He was one of the Fallen Fifty who died defending Hogwarts School from the Death Eaters when they attacked on 2 May, 1998.

## Etymology

Derived from a Middle English surname meaning "a Briton" (a Celt of England) or "a Breton" (an inhabitant of Brittany).
Helena Fitzroy, Duchess of Wiltshire

**Helena Malfoy, Duchess of Wiltshire** (née **Fitzroy**) (19 July, 1682 - 9 June, 1735) is the fourth illegitimate daughter of Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his mistress, Lady Aurelia Malfoy. She is the fourth oldest and second youngest of five children born to Aurelia and the King. She is the second of their children that had survived to adulthood. Her older sister, Charlotte, died in infancy.

Helena has another older sister, Catherine and a younger brother, Charles. Charles had been named the 1st Duke of Southampton by their father, King Charles II. After Charles died in 1685, her paternal uncle, James II, decided to take Aurelia for his own and they had three children together: George, James, and John. George, the eldest of the three, ended up dying young.

## Biography

### Early life

Helena Fitzroy was born on 19 July, 1682 to Lady Aurelia Malfoy, aged 16, in Whitehall, London, London, England. Helena's father was Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, aged 52 at the time of her birth. Helena was one of the many, many illegitimate children reportedly born to the King over the span of four and a half decades. The King acknowledged Helena as his daughter and so, she bore the surname of Fitzroy — "child of the king".
Elisabeth Inglebee

**Elisabeth Inglebee** (1 May, 1965 - 22 August, 1980) was a half-blood Scottish witch, the daughter of Euan Inglebee and his wife Moira. She was a student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when she was killed with her entire family during the summer of 1980 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.

## Biography

### Early life

Elisabeth Inglebee was born on 1 May, 1965, in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. She was the daughter of Euan and Moira Inglebee, both half-bloods. Montrose, the town where she was born, is a small port town on the eastern shores of Scotland. It is one of the many villages throughout Britain where witches and wizards settled in numbers after the International Statute of Secrecy to rely on each other for mutual support, living alongside a Muggle population.

#### Hogwarts years

Elisabeth Inglebee received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1976. She most likely purchased her wand which was made of ash and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1976. That night, she was sorted into Ravenclaw. She shared a dormitory with Nancy Whitlock, a girl who Elisabeth and her friends were not always kind to, and often ignored.

During their sixth year of school, Elisabeth's dorm-mate, Nancy Whitlock, was killed during a Valentine's Day Hogsmeade visit, when Death Eaters attacked the village. Elisabeth and her friends were hiding in the Three Broomsticks during the attack. When they heard what Nancy had done during the fight which made her a hero- telling her best friend Charis to run back to the castle with some third-year Hufflepuffs, Elisabeth and her friends felt terrible and cried during the memorial, causing Charis Goyle to confront them and tell her how badly she'd treated them both.

#### Montrose (1980)

Elisabeth Inglebee was killed with her entire family on 22 August, 1980, in her hometown of Montrose. The dead included her father, Euan, aged 34, her mother, Moira, aged 32, and sister Holly, aged 10.

## Etymology

The name Elisabeth means "God is my oath". Inglebee is so called from the Old Norse "*Englabyr*", "*Engla*" meaning "of the English" plus "*byr*" a "settlement", hence "a settlement of the English".
Lucius Malfoy

## Lucius Abraxas Malfoy

* Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) (sister-in-law/cousin-in-law/second cousin once removed)
* Rodolphus Lestrange (brother-in-law/maternal first cousin)
* Andromeda Tonks (née Black) (sister-in-law/second cousin once removed)
* Edward Tonks (brother-in-law/cousin-in-law)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* House of Malfoy
* House of Carrow
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (formerly)
	+ Slytherin
	+ Slug Club
* House of Black
* British Ministry of Magic
* Lord Voldemort
	+ Death Eaters

**Lucius Abraxas Malfoy**
Gilchrist Bellchant

**Gilchrist Bellchant** (born 27 May, 1926) was an English pure-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1937 to June of 1944. He tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team in his fourth year of school and made the team as one of its Beaters.

## Biography

### Early life

Gilchrist Bellchant was born on 27 May, 1926, the son of two pure-bloods. He was born in in a village called Blackgang, on the Isle of Wight. Blackgang is a village on the south-western coast of the Isle of Wight. Historically, Blackgang, was a hamlet that expanded into a small village in the mid 19th century, partly out of a Victorian fashion for speculative building of marine villas, and partly in association with the establishment of the amusement park at the chine, the large coastal ravine (historically known for being a haunt of smugglers) after which the park was named.

Gilchrist was named for his mother's family, which hailed from the highlands of Scotland. His mother did not have any brothers and as a tribute to her father's name, which was dying out, she named him Gilchrist.

#### Hogwarts years

Gilchrist Bellchant received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1937. Sometime before he left for school, he purchased a wand made of pear and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. He boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1937, and later that night, he was sorted into Gryffindor.

He tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team in his fourth year of school and made the team as one of its Beaters. The rest of his team, captained by Tobias Goodwin, comprised of mainly fifth and fourth years. Its members were included Mick Rigby and Gordon MacCallum, as well as Goodwin (Chasers) as well as Archie Doge, Gilchrist's fellow Beater: Ivor McKinnon, the Keeper, and Dominic Gudgeon, the Seeker. Also on the team was Ansel Hume, who was a substitute. That year, they won the Quidditch Cup, beating Hufflepuff in the final.

In Gilchrist's sixth year of school, the Chamber of Secrets was opened by Tom Riddle, which resulted in the petrification of four muggle-borns, and the death of a third year Ravenclaw student, Myrtle Warren. Another third year student was framed for her death, Rubeus Hagrid, as well as an illegal acromantula he'd been hiding in the school, which was passed off as the monster.

## Etymology

Gilchrist is a Scottish surname from the Gaelic personal name Gille Crìosd, which translates to servant of Christ. In recent years the name has been used as a unique first name for males. Because of its more common usage as a last name, the popularity of Gilchrist is not known or recorded.

Gilchrist can find its origins in the ancient county of Berwickshire, Scotland. Their family held a seat for an extended amount of time, some even claim before the Norman Conquest. Some ancient variations of the name are Gilcist, Gilcriest, and Gilcryst.
Amalric Podmore

### Died

11 July, 1513 (aged 50)King's Lynn (then known as Bishop's Lynn), Norfolk, East England

## Relationship information

### Family members

* Catherine Podmore (née Rabnott) (wife)
	+ Five children
* Sturgis Podmore (descendant)

## Affiliation

### House

Slytherin

**Amalric Podmore** (22 April, 1463 - 11 July, 1513) was a wizard who lived during the 15th Century. He was an early member of the Podmore family, and the husband of Catherine Podmore (née Rabnott), sister of magical theoretician Edward Rabnott. He had five children with her.

He died on 11 July, 1513, at the age of 50. Among his notable paternal line descendants is Order of the Phoenix member Sturgis Podmore.

## Biography

### Early life

Amalric Podmore was born in the year 1463 into the pure-blood Podmore family. He was baptised in King's Lynn, Norfolk, then known as Bishop's Lynn, in May 1463. Not much is known of his childhood.

He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1474. Again, not much is known of his time there, but he was a member of Slytherin House.

### Later life

At the age of twenty, he married Catherine Podmore, a member of the Rabnott family, in 1483. Over the course of their marriage they would have five children.

#### Death

Amalric Podmore died on 11 July, 1513, leaving his wife, Catherine, a widow, in King's Lynn.

#### Legacy

Among his notable paternal line descendants is Order of the Phoenix member Sturgis Podmore.

## Etymology

The Germanic name Amalric is derived from the elements *amal* meaning "work, labour" and *ric* meaning "ruler, mighty". This was the name of a 6th-century king of the Visigoths, as well as two 12th-century rulers of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Banks family

**Banks** is the surname of a muggle family that lived in Selly Park, a shabby suburb in the muggle city of Birmingham. Peter Banks, a half-blood wizard, was born to a member of this family, Helen Banks, in the year 1980. Peter was an illegitimate son of Gregory Goyle Sr., a wizard, and left the family once he discovered his magical heritage in 1992.

The Banks family lived at 28 Bootham Crescent. The tiny terraced house was on a street with many distasteful looking others, and was owned by Mr. Banks, a muggle member of this family, and Peter Goyle's maternal grandfather.

## History

### 20th Century

Peter Banks, a member of this family, was born in 1980. His mother, Helen Banks, had been a teenager when he was born and it appears that the circumstances of his conception was not consensual, due to the fact that his mother was a young muggle and his birth father was an adult wizard.

When Peter was growing up, he appeared to have suffered from neglect and emotional abuse. His mother despised him, or was otherwise uncaring of what he did. He was mostly raised by his grandparents, who were also poor, and lived in the same house. His mother also later married a man called Neal Dwight, and they seem to have had a dysfunctional, even abusive relationship.

### Recent History

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore visited the Banks family with Gregory Goyle Sr. on 21 July, 1992. They were there to talk to the grandson, whose name was Peter. The Headmaster delivered Peter's letter personally and was accompanied by a large man unfamiliar to Peter himself. The man was Gregory Goyle Sr., who admitted to being his father and was interested in taking Peter to come live with him in Wiltshire.

Peter Banks left the Banks household at 28 Bootham Crescent after leaving them behind for the magical world: it is unknown what happened to them since.

## Known Members

* Mr. Banks (fl. 1992)
* Mrs. Banks (fl. 1992)
* Helen Dwight (née Banks)
* Neal Dwight
* Peter Goyle (formerly)

## Etymology

The Banks surname is derived from the Northern Middle English "bank(e)", itself coming from the Old Danish "banke" meaning a ridge or hillside, and was originally given as a topographical name to someone who lived on the slope of a hillside or by a riverbank. The Banks family lived at the end of a long street which gutted out into a polluted river.
9 January

**9 January** is the 9th day of the year. There are 356 days until the end of the year (357 in leap years).

## Events

* **1993:** Aquila Black tells Maisie Cattermole that she knows about Maisie being a werewolf, once Aquila got over the initial shock. Maisie begs Aquila not to tell anyone, and Aquila promises that she won't.

## On this day

### Births

* **1914**: Thecla Leszczyńska, a British witch of Polish descent, is born in Hammersmith, London, England.
* **1957**: Cuthbert Selwyn is born to Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
* **1960**: Severus Snape is born to Tobias and Eileen Snape in Cokeworth, East Midlands, England.

### Deaths

* **1967**: Edward Roberts, a muggle, dies aged 82 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England.
* **1982**: Cyrus Macmillan passes away aged 79 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
London Borough of Havering

The **London Borough of Havering** in East London, England, forms part of Outer London. It is the general location of the suburban town of Upminster, where the Brown family lived in the early half of the 20th Century before moving to the City of London in 1978.

The London Borough of Havering was created in 1965 by the combined former area of the Municipal Borough of Romford and Hornchurch Urban District which had been transferred to Greater London from Essex by the London Government Act 1963.

Havering is bordered to the south by the London Borough of Bexley by the River Thames, to the west by the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and to the north and east by Essex.

## Etymology

The name Havering is a reference to the Royal Liberty of Havering which occupied the area for several centuries.
Marion Abbott

## Marion Abbott (née Winthrop)

**Marion Abbott** (née **Winthrop**) (25 May, 1906 - 19 October, 1943) was a half-blood witch, and the wife of Maurice Abbott, and the mother of Roland and Isobel Abbott. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1917 to June 1924. She was a casualty of the Global Wizarding War.

She died on 19 October, 1943, in Barnstaple. She was killed as part of an attack in Barnstaple by Grindelwald's forces. Her daughter, Isobel, was thirteen and still in school.

## Biography

### Early life

Marion Winthrop was born on 25 May, 1906, in a village called Blackgang, on the Isle of Wight. Blackgang is a village on the south-western coast of the Isle of Wight. She was the youngest of three children, and her father was a half-blood wizard and her mother, a muggle.

She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1917. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley and purchased a wand made of cedar and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1917, she boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff House that same night.

She married Maurice Abbott on 2 July, 1924, in Barnstaple, Devon. She was eighteen years old and later moved to Devon with her husband.

### Later life

Marion became the mother to two children, the first of which being Roland, born on 13 November, 1925, and Isobel, the second, born on 16 February, 1930.

She died on 19 October, 1943, in Barnstaple. She was killed as part of an attack on the borough by Grindelwald's forces. Her daughter, Isobel, was thirteen and still in school.

## Etymology

Marion, a French diminutive form of *Marie*, which is derived from the Hebrew *Miryām*, is a name of debated meaning. Many believe it to mean "sea of bitterness" or "sea of sorrow." However, some sources cite the alternative definitions of "rebellion," "wished-for child," and "mistress or lady of the sea."

Historically, Blackgang, the village where Marion was from, was a hamlet that expanded into a small village in the mid 19th century, partly out of a Victorian fashion for speculative building of marine villas, and partly in association with the establishment of the amusement park at the chine, the large coastal ravine (historically known for being a haunt of smugglers) after which the park was named.
9 July

**9 July** is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years). There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1929:** Reuben McKinnon was born on this day to Frederick McKinnon and Guinevere McKinnon (née Abbott) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **1987:** Lydia Bruce was born on this day to Mary Jane Bruce (née McKinnon) and Andrew Bruce in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1959:** Flora Weasley (née Crabbe) died on this day at St. Mungo's Hospital in London, Middlesex, England, at the age of 50.
Bourdillon family

**Bourdillon** is the surname of a wizarding family that lived in Cheshire. Members of this family are typically half-blood or pure-blood, and sorted into Hufflepuff House. Recent members that have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Evander Bourdillon, who began attending in 1992.

The Bourdillon family motto was "*Praemium Virtutis Honor"* which translates to "*Esteem is the reward for virtue*".

## History

### Early history

The history of the Bourdillon family goes back to the Medieval landscape of southern France, to a region known as Languedoc. It is derived from the family living in Languedoc. The first members of this family may have arrived in England during the Norman Conquest of 1066.

### Recent history

In the year 1750 or so, a boy was born into this family by the name of Robert Bourdillon in rural Cheshire. He was a muggle-born wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1760s and 1770s. His descendants are believed to include Evander Bourdillon and his brother, Phillip, and their father, Sigmund Bourdillon.

Sigmund Bourdillon is most known for being the former manager of the Appleby Arrows Quidditch team. His son, Evan, played Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team and was a member of Dumbledore's Army at school during the Second Wizarding War.

## Known Members

* **Robert Bourdillon** (fl. 1760) - Early member of the Bourdillon family.
* **Sigmund Bourdillon** (born 15 July, 1940) - He was the father of Evan and Philip Bourdillon and the former Quidditch manager for the Appleby Arrows.
* **Emily Bourdillon** (née **Rutter**) (fl. 1950) - Wife of Sigmund Bourdillon and mother of Evan and Philip.
* **Evander Bourdillon** (born 21 January, 1981) - He was the son of Sigmund and Emily Bourdillon. He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1992 and played Chaser on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. He was a member of Dumbledore's Army and he fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* **Philip Bourdillon** (born 26 May, 1983) - He was the brother of Evan Bourdillon.

## Etymology

Derived from an old family living in Languedoc in the south of France.
Fudge family

**Fudge** is the surname of a wizarding family that lived in Derby, Derbyshire, and Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Members of this family are typically half-blood or pure-blood and sorted into Ravenclaw. Recent members that have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge, who attended from 1975 to 1982.

## History

The Fudge family can trace their lineage to the year 1823, when a muggle-born boy named Enoch Fudge was born in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England. Enoch Fudge attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1834 to June 1841, and the rest was history.

## Known Members

* **Theophilius Fudge** (11 September, 1870 - 19 January, 1914) - The grandson of Enoch Fudge. He married Letitia Goshawk before 1900.
	+ **Oswald Fudge** (14 December, 1900 - 17 June, 1978) - The son of Theophilius Fudge and Letitia Fudge (née Goshawk). He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1912 to 1919. He married a half-blood witch in 1927. He was the grandfather of Cornelius Fudge, who served as Minister for Magic.
		- **Hardwin Fudge** (3 June, 1928 - 28 October, 1994) - The son of Oswald Fudge and his wife. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1939 to 1946. He married a pure-blood witch in 1960.
			* **Cornelius Fudge** (born 14 July, 1964) - The son of Hardwin Fudge and his wife. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1975 to 1982. He married Charis Goyle in 1984. He had three children with her. He was elected Minister for Magic in 1990 and served until his resignation in 1996.
				+ **Daisy Fudge** (born 8 October, 1985) - The daughter of Cornelius Fudge and his wife, Charis Fudge (née Goyle). She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1996 to 1997, and again from 1998 to 2004.
				+ **Helena Fudge** (born 20 August, 1987) - The daughter of Cornelius Fudge and his wife, Charis Fudge (née Goyle). She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1999 to 2006.
				+ **Owen Fudge** (born 26 February, 1989) - The son of Cornelius Fudge and his wife, Charis Fudge (née Goyle). He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 2000 to 2007.

## Etymology

The meaning of Fudge as a verb is to "put together clumsily or dishonestly," by 1771 (perhaps from 17c.); perhaps an alteration of *fadge* "make suit, fit" (1570s), a verb of unknown origin. The verb fudge later had an especial association with sailors and log books. The traditional story of the origin of the interjection fudge "lies! nonsense!" (1766; see fudge (n.2)) traces it to a sailor's retort to anything considered lies or nonsense, from Captain Fudge, "who always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies" [Isaac Disraeli, 1791, citing a pamphlet from 1700]. It seems there really was a late 17c. Captain Fudge, called "Lying Fudge," and perhaps his name reinforced this form of fadge in the sense of "contrive without the necessary materials." The surname is from Fuche, a pet form of the masc. proper name Fulcher, from Germanic and meaning literally "people-army."
London Borough of Hackney

The **London Borough of Hackney** is a London borough in Inner London. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street, which lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Charing Cross. The borough is named after Hackney, its principal district. Southern and eastern parts of the borough are popularly regarded as being part of east London, with the northwest belonging to north London.

Hackney is bounded by Islington to the west, Haringey to the north, Waltham Forest to the north-east, Newham to the east, Tower Hamlets to the south-east and the City of London to the south-west.

In 1979, Cyrus Lestrange, a Death Eater, was brought down by Aurors somewhere in Hackney.

## Etymology

From Middle English, the word Hackney is synonymous with East London. The term originally denoted an ordinary riding horse (as opposed to a war horse or draft horse), especially one available for hire: hence *hackney carriage* or *coach*, and the archaic verb *hackney* meaning ‘use (a horse) for ordinary riding’, later ‘make commonplace by overuse’.
Gabriella Mathers

**Gabriella Mathers** (born 1 August, 1986) was a muggle whose disappearance was announced on the *Potterwatch* radio programme along with her sister, Emily, in September of 1997. She and her sister were cousins of a muggle-born boy, Antoine Mathers, and were presumably kidnapped by Death Eaters from their home in Stoke-on-Trent in order to attract Antoine out into the open.

The sisters were never found. They were last seen on 17 September, 1997.

## Biography

### Early life

Gabriella Mathers was born on 1 August, 1986, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, a town in the West Midlands. She was the cousin of Antoine Mathers, who was a muggle-born wizard. She was the niece of Danny Mathers. She was the younger daughter of Danny's brother, Thomas Mathers, and sister-in-law Katherine.

She had an older sister, Emily, who was about a year younger than their cousin Antoine. Her sister, Emily, was a muggle, but Gabriella was probably a muggle-born witch. This cannot be confirmed due to the Death Eaters' destroying any record of muggle-borns born between 1970 and 1998 during the Second Wizarding War when they gained control of Hogwarts in 1997.

The Ministry of Magic additionally forbade muggle-borns from attending Hogwarts in August of 1997, the month before Gabriella would have began attending school.

According to *The Daily Prophet* after the end of the war, both sisters had been students of Darwin Primary School before Emily began attending Southview Grammar School in 1994.

#### Disappearance

On 17 September, 1997, both sisters were kidnapped from their home in Stoke-on-Trent, where they lived with their parents, Thomas and Katherine. The Dark Mark was left over the house, but there was nobody inside.

In late September of 1997, the girls' disappearances were announced on the *Potterwatch* radio programme. About a month later, their cousin, Antoine Mathers, was found dead in the Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire.

## Etymology

The name Gabriella is the feminine form of the name Gabriel, from the Hebrew name *גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el)* meaning "God is my strong man", derived from *גֶּבֶר (gever)* meaning "strong man, hero" and *אֵל ('el)* meaning "God". Gabriel is an archangel in Hebrew tradition, often appearing as a messenger of God. In the Old Testament he is sent to interpret the visions of the prophet Daniel. Daniel was the name of her uncle, Danny Mathers.

Mathers is an occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century "moethere".
Hortensia Farfan

## Hortensia Flint (née Farfan)

**Hortensia Flint** (née **Farfan**)(12 January, 1850 - 19 August, 1918) was a pure-blood Scottish witch, the wife of Archibald Flint, and the mother of Petronia Bulstrode (née Flint). She was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, as the youngest child of pure-bloods Cadmus and Wilhelmina Farfan. She had an older brother, Cadmus II.

She married Archibald Flint in 1876. They had four children together, including Dulcibella Rowle (née Flint), Agilmar Flint, Alodia Flint, and Petronia Bulstrode (née Flint), who married Theodore Bulstrode Sr. She was the maternal aunt by marriage of her husband Archibald's sister Ursula's children, Sirius Black II, Cygnus Black III, Phineas Nigellus Black II, Arcturus Black II, and Belvina Burke (née Black).

Through her eldest daughter Dulcibella Rowle (née Flint), Hortensia was the maternal grandmother of Tiberius Rowle. Through her youngest daughter, Petronia, she was the maternal grandmother of Theodore Bulstrode, Jnr. She was also the paternal grandmother of Godwin Flint.

## Biography

### Early life (1850-1861)

Hortensia was born on 12 January, 1850, to Cadmus and Wilhelmina Farfan in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. She had an older brother, Cadmus Farfan Jnr. Dunfermline, the parish where she was born, was located on high ground 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.

### Hogwarts years (1861-1868)

Hortensia received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1861. Before attending, she presumably purchased or inherited her wand, which was made of fir and dragon heartstring, from a relative or from a wand shop.

She was sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September, 1861.

She left the school in 1868 after completing her seventh year of school.

### Later life (1869-1918)

Hortensia was arranged to marry Archibald Flint, a Welsh wizard, from her year at school. They married in 1876, when Hortensia was 25 years old. Their first child, a daughter, was born the following year in Greenfield, Flintshire, Wales.

They had four children together in total, including Dulcibella Rowle (née Flint), Agilmar Flint, Alodia Flint, and Petronia Bulstrode (née Flint), who married Theodore Bulstrode Sr. in 1911. Her older daughter, Dulcibella, married Helmold Rowle, heir to the House of Rowle, in 1896.

#### Death (1918)

Hortensia Flint (née Farfan) passed away at the age of 68 in Greenfield, Flintshire, in the north of Wales.

#### Legacy

Through her eldest daughter Dulcibella Rowle (née Flint), Hortensia was the maternal grandmother of Tiberius Rowle. Through her youngest daughter, Petronia, she was the maternal grandmother of Theodore Bulstrode, Jnr. She was also the paternal grandmother of Godwin Flint.

## Etymology

The name "Hortensia" is a feminine form of the Roman family name *Hortensius*, possibly derived from Latin *hortus,* "garden".
Annora Walsh

**Annora Walsh** (born 12 November, 1981) is a half-blood English witch, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh. She was born in Hoyland, South Yorkshire, England. She received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1993, and was Sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September 1993.

## Biography

#### Early life (1980s)

Annora was born in Hoyland, South Yorkshire. Hoyland is a town near Barnsley in Northern England. The town developed from the hamlets of Upper Hoyland, Hoyland and Hoyland Common. Her father was a Saleswizard and her mother was a healer.

#### Hogwarts years (1990s)

Annora received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1993. She purchased a wand at Ollivander's that summer, made of spruce and unicorn hair. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1993, where Dementors attacked the train, looking for a recently-escaped Azkaban prisoner, Sirius Black .She was then sorted into Slytherin that night.

## Etymology

"Annora" is a Medieval English form of the name *Honora,* meaning "with honour."

Walsh is a common surname, meaning "Briton" or "foreigner", literally "Welshman" or 'Wales'.
8 August

**8 August** is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years). There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Between the Wars

* **1986**: Mary Ann Prewett, aged 74, is issued an official citation and a fine of fifty galleons by the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for showing her muggle neighbours and anyone who would listen moving photographs of her grandson, Bill Weasley. Arthur Weasley faces an inquiry due to his inability to control his mother-in-law who has put a strain on Obliviator Headquarters' resources.
* **1994:** The third and final day of *The Trial of Peter Pettigrew* takes place. Peter Pettigrew publicly admits his guilt and admission of wrongdoing in front of the Wizard Council, and as expected, they find him guilty of twelve counts of murder, guilty of having membership and participated in an illegal terrorist organisation, and guilty of being an illegal Animagus. Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley and her children, Ron, Percy, Bill, and Ginny Weasley, were sitting in the viewer's gallery. This time, however, Lucius Malfoy was there, as well as Aquila Black, but she was forbidden to speak to anyone during, before, or after the beginning of the trial, presumably by Malfoy, and stayed rather quiet.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1963:** Timothy Taylor was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
Edalbert Crimble

**Edalbert Crimble** (born 29 June, 1924) was a half-blood wizard who worked at the Ministry of Magic as an investigative member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

He was present on 24 December, 1991 at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, London, following the suicide of Orion Black. He was soon thrown out by Walburga following the end of his very brief investigation, and made a comment in the Daily Prophet about Walburga's hysteria.

## Biography

### Early life

Edalbert Crimble was born on 29 June, 1924, in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Halifax is a minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town has been a centre of woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Piece Hall.

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1935. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of an unknown length, core, and wood from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1935, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff House that same night.

### Later life

Edalbert Crimble joined the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic on an unknown date. He was an investigator.

He was present on 24 December, 1991 at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, London, following the suicide of Orion Black. He was soon thrown out by Walburga following the end of his very brief investigation, and made a comment in the Daily Prophet about Walburga's hysteria.

## Etymology

The name Edalbert is a variant on the name Adalbert, meaning "noble and bright." Adalbert is an Old Germanic form of the name Albert. This is the name of a patron saint of Bohemia, Poland and Prussia.

Crimble is a name whose history dates far back into the mists of early British times to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. It is a name for a person with an abnormal curvature of the spine. The surname Crimble is derived from the Old English word *crump,* which means *bent* or *crooked.*
Archie Dawson

## Archibald "Archie" Dawson

**Archibald** "**Archie" Dawson** (25 August, 1899 - 28 November, 1972) was an English half-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1910 to June 1917. He was born in Salcombe, Devon, England and was the son of Robert Dawson and his wife.

He married Clara Moore on 18 June, 1928, and they had one child together, Frank. His son later married a woman named Agnes Nettle and became the father of Phoebe Dawson, a witch who attended Hogwarts in the 1970s.

Archie Dawson passed away on 28 November, 1972 in his hometown of Salcombe, Devon, aged 73.

## Biography

### Early life

Archie Dawson was born on 25 August, 1899 in Salcombe, Devon, England. Salcombe later became a popular resort town for muggles. It was located in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England. The town was close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, mostly built on the steep west side of the estuary. The town's extensive waterfront and the naturally sheltered harbour formed by the estuary gave rise to its success as a boat and shipbuilding and sailing port and, in modern times, tourism especially in the form of pleasure sailing and yachting. The town was also home to a traditional shellfish fishing industry.

His father was Robert Dawson and he was an only child. His mother, presumably, was a muggle.

#### Hogwarts years

Archie Dawson received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1910. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of willow and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1910, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor House that same night.

In his fourth year of school, Archie decided to join the Debating Society. The Debating Society was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The intention of the society was to provide a forum for young speakers to develop their skills. The main focus of the club was the annual, year-long inter-House junior and senior-level competitions. Motions would be generally drawn from current affairs but the finals were always abstract and more challenging.

### Later life

He left Hogwarts in June of 1917, having accumulated eight N.E.W.T. scores, but his highest was in Ancient Runes, for which he got an "Outstanding". He secured employment with the Wizarding Library in Oxford to begin translating a project from the runic Celtic language into English, which was his first major project. Since then, he has translated over fifty written works.

He married Clara Moore on 18 June, 1928. They had one child together, Frank. His son later married a woman named Agnes Nettle and became the father of Phoebe Dawson, a witch who attended Hogwarts in the 1970s.

Archie Dawson passed away on 28 November, 1972 in his hometown of Salcombe, Devon, aged 73.

## Etymology

Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements *erchan* (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and *bald,* meaning "bold".

Dawson means "son of David".
King's Lynn

**King's Lynn** is a seaport and market town in Norfolk, England, 98 miles (158 km) north of London, 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough, 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich. It was home to a substantial wizarding population until the mid-20th Century. King's Lynn was also the ancestral home of the House of Gamp.

## History

### Middle Ages

Lynn originated as a settlement on a constricted site to the south of where the River Great Ouse exits to the Wash, but the place was not recorded until the early 11th century. Until the early 13th century, the Great Ouse emptied via the Wellstream at Wisbech. After the redirection of the Great Ouse in the 13th century, Lynn became significant and prosperous.

The first wizards arrived around the same time as the muggles did, in the early 11th century.

### Early modern

The wizarding Gamp family moved to King's Lynn, then known as Bishop's Lynn, in the late 15th century. The family's house, however, was not completed until about the year 1507, under the reign of the muggle King Henry VII, who granted the land to Gawain Gamp in 1495. For many years the Gamp family would prosper and collect huge amounts of wealth. The House of Gamp is most famous for producing Minister Ulick Gamp, who became the first ever Minister for Magic in 1707.

A remarkable example of penal brutality in this town occurred on 28 September 1708, when a seven-year-old boy, Michael Hammond, and his 11-year-old sister, Ann, were convicted of stealing a loaf of bread and sentenced to hanging. Their public executions took place near the South Gates.

### Recent history

King's Lynn began a slow decline in the early 19th century in terms of its wizarding population. Even still, it was home to the Rakepick family and the House of Gamp until the mid-20th century. Today, the house that once belonged to Araminta Lestrange (née Gamp), and the rest of the House of Gamp, still stands. It was willed to Arcturus Black III, cousin of Araminta, who had no surviving heirs, in 1981.

## Etymology

The etymology of King's Lynn is uncertain. The name *Lynn* is derived from the body of water near the town: the Welsh word *llyn*, means a lake; but the name is plausibly of Anglo-Saxon origin, from *lean*, implying a tenure in fee or farm.

For a time it was named *Len Episcopi* (Bishop's Lynn) while under the jurisdiction, both temporal and spiritual, of the Bishop of Norwich; but during the reign of Henry VIII it was surrendered to the crown, and assumed the name of *Lenne Regis*, or *King's Lynn.*
Elisabeth Walkin

**Elisabeth Walkin** (21 March, 1793 - 13 July, 1802) was a half-blood English witch and member of the Walkin family. The third child of Curtus Walkin I and Hester Walkin I (née Cole), she was the maternal grand-daughter of Jonathan Cole, a muggle, and Sara Cole (née Chittock), a pure-blood witch. She died young, in the year 1802 of unknown causes.

## Biography

### Early life (1793-1802)

Elisabeth Walkin was born on 21 March, 1793, in Tinworth, Cornwall, England, to Hester Walkin (née Cole) and Curtus Walkin I. Her father, Curtus Walkin, was a pure-blood wizard and small-time landowner. She was the third oldest of eleven siblings. She was the younger sister of Sara Battin (née Walkin), Cora Wolpert (née Walkin), and the older sister of Curtus Walkin II, Amelia, Crispin, Hester, Henricus, Louisa, Frederick, and Alice Walkin.

Tinworth, the village in which she was born, was home to a half-magical, half-muggle community, with its residents intermingling often between each other. Even still, the wizarding community had to live in secret.

She was the maternal grand-daughter of Jonathan Cole, a muggle, and Sara Cole (née Chittock), a pure-blood witch. Her great-grandparents were Mordred Chittock and Honora Chittock (née Vane).

#### Death (1802)

Elisabeth died on 13 July, 1802, at the age of nine. Her brother Curtus Walkin II died the next day: it is possible that an accident occurred or this was the result of an illness.

## Etymology

The name Elisabeth is an variant English form of the name Elizabeth, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, meaning "my God is an oath".
9 March

**9 March** is the 68th day (69th in leap years) of the year. There are 297 days remaining.

## Events

### Global Wizarding War

* **1944:** Annelisz Gózdzik, a Polish witch, is killed by members of the muggle S.S. in Germany, aged 26, on 9 March. Her death is used by Grindelwald's forces in international propaganda.

## On this Day

### Births

* **1958:** Eldred Worple is born to Mr. and Mrs. Worple in Spennymore, Durham, England.
* **1980:** Lisa Turpin is born to Mr. and Mrs. Turpin in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Lady Drusilla Rosier

## Lady Drusilla Rosier (née Malfoy)

**Lady Drusilla Rosier** (née **Malfoy**) (10 June, 1669 - 16 August, 1723) was a pure-blood witch, the fourth child of thirteen born to Saturnius Malfoy, the 10th Duke of Wiltshire, and Ambrosia Malfoy (nèe Sidney), Duchess of Wiltshire. She was born in Marlborough at Malfoy Manor. She had one brother and eleven sisters.

Lady Drusilla Malfoy attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1680 to June 1687 as a member of Slytherin House. She married Louis Rosier of the French Rosier family, and had three children with him, all of which died in infancy.

## Biography

### Early life

Lady Drusilla Malfoy was born on 10 June, 1669 to Ambrosia Sidney, Duchess of Wiltshire, in Malfoy Manor, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Her father was Saturnius Malfoy, 10th Duke of Wiltshire. At the time of her birth, Drusilla had three older sisters, Aurelia, Hermia, and Portia.

Over the course of her childhood, Drusilla's mother, Ambrosia, had ten more children. Many of them, including Ophelia, Aquila, Cosette, and Saturnina, died young. Drusilla and her sisters' births were considered great disappointments by Saturnius Malfoy, who longed for a male heir.

#### Hogwarts years

Drusilla was the third Malfoy daughter to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her older sister, Aurelia, was sent to court and never to school, which some historians find odd. Nevertheless, Drusilla began her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September 1680. She owned a wand made of alder and dragon heartstring, and was sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September, 1680.

She left the school in June of 1687. Afterwards, she became betrothed to Louis Rosier, a member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Rosier, another prominent pure-blood family in the Wizarding World. Louis Rosier was a member of the French line, however, and Drusilla was sent to France, where she lived out the rest of her days. That is not to say that she was not adequately prepared, however. The Lady Drusilla had studied many languages in her childhood, and had received an education that was greater than most.

### Later life

The Lady Drusilla gave birth to three children while in Marseilles, but none of them survived infancy. She died on 16 August, 1723 in Marseilles, Cher, Centre, France.

## Etymology

Drusilla is an English female given name coming from the Roman *Drusus* which itself derived from the Greek *drosos* (dew). It has the meaning "fruitful" or "dewy-eyed". As a name appearing in the Bible it was adopted by English speakers in the 17th century.