When Adele Mary Rumpf BA MA was born on 14 December 1897, in Dubuque, Iowa, United States, her father, Frederick Adolf Rumpf, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Cuthbertson, was 35. She married John Bartlet Brebner on 29 March 1928, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1932 and lived in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1920 and Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 28 July 1960, in Bronxville, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 62.
nickname for a large man, from Middle High German rumph, rump ‘trunk, body’, or for someone who was bent or misshapen, from Middle High German rumph ‘bent, crooked’.
metonymic occupational name occasionally for someone who used a large round container like a basket, bowl, or measure for his work, of the same etymology as 1 above.
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