George Edward Rump was born in 1865, in Ingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. He married Ethel Rendell on 8 May 1920, in Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 4 August 1932, in Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 67, and was buried in Springvale, Victoria, Australia.