Rosa Lee Sink

Brief Life History of Rosa Lee

When Rosa Lee Sink was born on 9 April 1894, in Rocky Mount, Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Cephas Sink, was 36 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Kingery, was 33. She married John Augustus Moyer on 17 April 1915, in Ames, Dodge, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Garden, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Platte Township, Dodge, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years. She died in September 1982, in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Augustus Moyer
1890–1961
Rosa Lee Sink
1894–1982
Marriage: 17 April 1915
Richard Moyer
1934–1975

Sources (15)

  • Rose L Moyer, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rosa Lee Sink, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Rose Lee Sink Moyer, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1909

Historical Boundaries: 1909: Garden, Nebraska, United States

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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