Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair
birth: 10 Sep 1938 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana to Donald Floyd Miller and Teresa Marie (Cameron) Miller
death: 1 Feb 2007 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
marriage: 20 Dec 1959 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.
birth: 21 Feb 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to Elmer Ray Sinclair and Emma Lee McQueary
death: 14 Aug 2016 in Converse, Bexar County, Texas
burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Children of Dona Jeanne (Miller) Sinclair and Chester Ray Sinclair, Sr.:
- 1st child, Daughter – still living
- 2nd child, Daughter – still living
- 3rd child, Son – still living
- 4th child, Son – still living
Ancestor here lived in:
10 Sep 1938 – November 26, 1957, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
Ancestor also lived in:
May 1976 – 01 Feb 2007, Converse, Bexar County, Texas
Other Information:
Dona’s first name given at birth was spelled “Donna.” When she enlisted in the US Army on 26 Nov 1957 she had to furnish a copy of her birth certificate. It was then that a clerical error made on her birth certificate was discovered. The doctor who had filled out and signed the birth certificate misspelled her first name as “Dona.” The US Army Enlistment Office told her that in order to enlist she had to use the spelling given on the birth certificate or postpone enlisting until she received a corrected birth certificate. Well she liked the new spelling and the story behind it and rather than having the error corrected she kept and used the new spelling for the rest of her life.
Dona met U.S. Army Spec. Chester Ray Sinclair Sr. on a bus in Frankfurt, Germany in 1958. They were married (under German Law) on December 21, 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany and then were married again on the next day, December 22, 1959 by a US Army Chaplain under American law. She always said that she was, “twice married but never divorced.”
Submitted by:
Chuck Sinclair
Email: chucksinclair2001@yahoo.com