Troy Ellis Sink

Male13 June 1898–18 January 1954

Brief Life History of Troy Ellis

When Troy Ellis Sink was born on 13 June 1898, in Whitman, Washington, United States, his father, Thomas Floyd Sink, was 49 and his mother, Lenora Jane Eslinger, was 25. He married Della Doris Buroker on 12 June 1921, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 4 Missoula City, Missoula, Montana, United States in 1940 and Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 18 January 1954, in Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Corvallis, Ravalli, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Troy Ellis Sink
1898–1954
Mildred Evelyn Snell
1907–1969
Marriage: 7 October 1939

Sources (48)

  • Troy Sink in household of Thomas Sink, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Troy E Sink, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Troy E Sink, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 October 1939Philipsburg, Granite, Montana, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 2

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    1902

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries 1902: Teton, Montana, United States 1919: Pondera, Montana, United States

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 15

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    South German: rare variant of Zinck or Zink and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

    English (Surrey): perhaps a variant of Sing .

    Slovenian (Šink): nickname from šink ‘(smoked) pig's neck’, dialectally also ‘neck of an animal’ in general.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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