Tim Jorkins

## Timothy Jorkins

**Timothy "Tim" Jorkins** (born 2 July, 1956) was a pure-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1967 to June 1974. He was a member of the Jorkins family of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Rufus Jorkins and Belinda Jorkins (née Preveza), and the older brother of Bertha Jorkins.

In 1977, he married Anise Midgen, a member of the Midgen family. The couple had one child together, Albert Jorkins. Just before the outbreak of the Second Wizarding War, his sister, Bertha, went missing and the family, along with others that knew her, had assumed that she had gotten "lost".

## Biography

### Early life

Timothy "Tim" Jorkins was born on 2 July, 1956, in Tewekesbury, Gloucestershire, England into the Jorkins family. His father was Rufus Jorkins, an employee of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement's Investigation Bureau. His mother, Belinda, stayed at home. He had a younger sister, Bertha Jorkins.

#### Hogwarts years

Tim Jorkins began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1967, one year before his sister, Bertha. He was sorted into Gryffindor House during the school's sorting ceremony.

In his second year of school, Timothy decided to join the Hogwarts Gobstones Club. The Hogwarts Gobstones Club was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students interested in playing Gobstones. It was distinct from the Hogwarts Gobstones Team, which presumably played the game on a competitive level.

#### Employment

After leaving Hogwarts in 1974, Tim Jorkins secured employment in the Ministry of Magic's Magical Maintenance department, and worked odd jobs around the building.

#### Marriage

On 16 April, 1977, he married Anise Midgen, a member of the Midgen family that lived in Castle Cary, Somerset, England. Anise Midgen was the younger sister of Caspar Midgen, and the daughter of Otto and Louise Midgen (née Worple). Otto Midgen worked as a watchwizard at the Ministry.

Tim and Anise had a son together, Albert, in mid-1978. That same year, Anise's brother, Caspar Midgen, married a witch called Wilma Runcorn. In 1980, they had a daughter, Eloise Midgen.

### Later life

Tim's son, Albert, began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1989. He ended up a member of Gryffindor House like most of the Jorkins family. His niece, Eloise, began attending in 1991 and was sorted into Hufflepuff House, like most of his wife Anise's family.

#### Disappearance of Bertha Jorkins

During the summer of 1994, Tim's sister, Bertha Jorkins, went missing while on holiday in Albania. She was declared dead in early 1996 after Albus Dumbledore personally intervened, and explained to the Jorkins family that she had been murdered by Lord Voldemort. Tim and his wife, Anise, simply refused to believe it. They went to the Daily Prophet, and their story regarding Bertha's disappearance only fuelled the fire which slated Dumbledore and Harry Potter as liars.

However, on 18 June, 1996, an incident at the Ministry led the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, to announce publicly that Voldemort had indeed returned, and Tim and Anise were forced to accept that Bertha had been murdered, and was not just "lost" as they had claimed. That same June, their son, Albert, graduated from Hogwarts.

#### Open warfare

In early September, 1996, Anise's brother, Caspar Midgen, pulled his daughter out of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for fear that her safety there was jeopardised by Lord Voldemort's return. Tim and Anise's son, Albert, had already graduated, so there was no need for the Jorkins to pull him.

Anise and her husband Tim's fates are unknown. Their son, Albert Jorkins, married a witch called Primrose Beery in early 1997, and the couple had three children, Grimwold, Granville, and Griselda.

## Etymology

The name Timothy means "honoured by God." Jorkins may be from Mr Jorkins, a character in Charles Dickens' *David Copperfield* and *A Christmas Carol*.