The rumford Surname
rumford Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name for someone from Romford in Essex,
probably so named from Old English rum ‘broad’, ‘spacious’ +
ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 13 - Messages: 46
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| I have hit a brick wall. | Greg Neighbors | 7 |
| Grandmother Margaret Rumford Dickerson |
 camge
| 2 |
| African-American Rumford family | Doug MacGowan | 1 |
| Rowland Rumford - Crofton, Yorkshire, England |
kjvjeffbeverly
| 0 |
| PA/DE Rumfords | A. Brittingham | 0 |
| Just curious | Paul Rumford | 12 |
| Everett Fillion Rumford | Tina Hatzopoulou | 2 |
| Albert Rumford | Richard L. Martyn | 0 |
| Rumford PA/DE | Ken Jones | 0 |
| Jacob Rumford b abt 1855 |
MarianEJordan
| 0 |
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