Christopher Tolkien was only born on November 1, 1924.
 In the years following, Tolkien worked on the manuscripts and was able to produce an edition of The Silmarillion for publication in 1977 (a very young Guy Gavriel Kay served as his assistant for part of this time)
  His first marriage in 1951 was to sculptor Faith Lucy Tilly Tolkien (ne Faulconbridge) (19282017)

