Gustav Sinning Genealogy

Record modified: 2012-04-08
This is my ancestor 3 generations back.

 / Johannes Sinning
 / Conrad Sinning|
|  \ Katharina Hocke
Gustav William Sinning |
|  / Gotskalk Grønstad
 \ Malinda Grunstad |
 \ Valjar Tjelle

Born: 1883-03-01 Morris, Grundy Co, Illinois USA
Died: 1963-02-27 Mountain Grove, Wright Co, Missouri USA
Marriages:
1. 1912-02-07 Della Cyntha McCaskey
Children of Gustav Sinning and Della McCaskey:
Ella Lee Sinning
Elmer Louis Sinning
Edith Pearl Sinning
Earl William Sinning
Eunice Mae Sinning
Elvin Dean Sinning
Francis Alva "Tex" Sinning
Floyd Roy Sinning
James Daniel Sinning
Robert Eugene Sinning
Beatrice Jean Sinning
Darlene Nelda Sinning
Charlene Joyce Sinning

Notes:





married in W Plains, Howell Co MO
buried in Hillcrest cemetery, Mt Grove, Wright Co MO

They also had a son Albert Gustav 1912-02-xx d 1912-02-xx.

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from a writeup by daughter Ella:
Gustav filed for land in Oklahoma in 1907. His patent was granted in 1911. He worked for many of the old time ranches, including those of Anchor Dee and the Easterwoods, as a Bronc Buster.

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Morris IL is about 10 miles from the Kendall Co line.

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His registration card for the WW1 draft shows his birth date as 1883, but I had always seen 1882.
It gives his address as RFD D, Guymon, Texas Co OK. He is described as a tall man of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

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BLM General Land Office records, Woodward OK land office

Texas Co OK, serial no 213988
1911-06-29 Gustav W Sinning 160 acres
SE 1/4 of section 25 in Township 5 N Range 13 E of the Cimarron meridian

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1940 census Wright Co MO p158b, Mt Grove twp
Gustave Sinning 57 IL
wife Della 43 MO
dau Eunice 20 OK
son Elvin Dean 18 MO
son Francis 17 MO
son James 12 MO
son Robert 10 MO
dau Betty 8 MO
dau Darlene 6 OK
dau Charlene 4 MO

He gave the info.
He is a laborer for the WPA. He was unemployed for 10 weeks in 1940. He worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $579.
They rent the house for $4/month.
Elvin and Francis also were laborers for the CCC, earning $280 and $180 respectively in 1939.
He and Della had a 7th-grade education.
They lived in the same area, but not the same house, in 1935.
Eunice was asked the supplemental questions. She was a student at a business college.

1930 census Texas Co OK p121b, Camp Keltner twp
Gus W Sinning 47 IL/GER/IL
wife Della C 33 MO/KY/MO
dau Ella L 16 OK
dau Elma L 15 OK (sic)
dau Pearl E 13 OK
son Earl W 12 OK
dau Eunice M 10 OK
son Alvin D 8 MO
son Frank E 6 MO
son Floyd R 4 MO
son James D 2 MO
son Bobbie E 1 OK
visitor Lillie White 42 KS/GER/RUS
visitor William P White 18 TX/KS/KS
visitor Katherine M White 16 OK
visitor Ethel V White 13 MO
visitor Edgar S White 4 MO

He is a farmer. He and his wife can read and write. They own their home, and a radio.
The Whites were from Mountain Grove MO and may have been neighbors of Gustav while he lived there in the 20s.
[Camp Keltner twp is 23 miles north of Goodwell.]

1920 census Texas Co OK p1a, Camp Keltner twp
Gustav Sinning 36 IL/GER/IL
Della 22 MO/MO/MO
Ella L 6 OK
Elmer 4 11/12 OK
Pearl E 3 6/12 OK
Earl W 1 9/12 OK

He is a farmer. He owns his home free.

1910 census Clay Co KS p118b, Clay Center twp
Henry A Blane household
hired man Gus W Sinning 27 IL/GER/IL

[Clay Center twp is in the middle of Clay Co, containing the town of Clay Center.]

1900 census Grundy Co IL p116b, Saratoga twp
Ole Duvick household
Gustave Sinning 18 1882-02 IL/GER/IL

He is a farm laborer.
[Saratoga twp is on the north boundary of the county, in the center.]
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 28
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