Dorothy Caroline Sinks

1924 - 2010  (85 years)

• Name	Dorothy Caroline Sinks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	27 Oct 1924	Cook County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1950	Henderson County, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Charles Chinn
  Death	1 Apr 2010	Deaconess Medical Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [3, 4]
  Burial	Bethel Cemetery, Hebbardsville, Henderson, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I25882	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter Bell Sinks,   b. 25 May 1876, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Jan 1968, Grovertown, Starke, Indiana, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Etta Lee Brunson,   b. 24 Jan 1881, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Oct 1958, Grovertown, Starke, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Jun 1898	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F11259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Eugene Chinn, Sr,   b. 5 Jul 1920, Hebbardsville, Henderson, Kentucky, USA d. 24 Aug 1987, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Oct 1924 - Cook County, Illinois, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Charles Chinn - 1950 - Henderson County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_965; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 103-1443. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_965; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 103-1443 [S3370] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S6964] Find a Grave: sinks Dorothy Chinn 1924-2010, Dorothy Caroline Sinks Chinn. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52366726/chi [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Henderson, Kentucky;. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Henderson, Kentucky;