When Shirley Grob - Zimmerman was born on 17 May 1938, in Albany, New York, United States, her father, Alouis Grob, was 33 and her mother, Noreen Marie Lesson, was 23. She died on 11 December 2003, in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.
Some characteristic forenames: German Elfriede, Erwin, Franz, Hans, Heinz, Markus.
German (Switzerland): nickname for a strong, heavy man, or for a lout, from Middle High German g(e)rop ‘coarse’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Yiddish grob, cognate with 1 above, which also means ‘fat’ and may have been applied in this sense.
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