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Find more Sinn relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 228 more people named Sinn in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 1,121 people named Sinn in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 20% more people named Sinn in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 1,349 people named Sinn were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 28% were children
  • 242 adults were unmarried
  • 118 women had paying jobs
  • 180 owned their homes, valued on average at $3,047

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As Sinn families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • Most mothers originated from Illinois
  • 18% migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • 129 were born in foreign countries
  • The most common mother tongue was German