Dora was born, 1906 in Germany, and not yet a citizen on the 1940 census. Mothers maiden name is Hinck
Sources
1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 202; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0207; Image: 457.0; FHL microfilm: 2339937 - Source Information - Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K98T-4JP : accessed 30 August 2015), Henry Plate, Assembly District 24, San Francisco, San Francisco City, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-303, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 309.
a typewritten Family Tree I believe to have been prepared by Lucille (Siebe) Wetzel, appears to have used the handwritten Ahnenfolge from Germany for the earliest entries, then added the more current descendents
My first hand knowledge of this person
"California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZC-SYH : accessed 1 January 2016), Dorothea Plate, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1744 (Pacific Sierra Region, San Bruno: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP9G-G18 : accessed 1 January 2016), Dorothea Plate, 14 Aug 1991; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Find a Grave (no image). Find A Grave: Memorial #87658927. Memorial page for Dorothea Plate (12 Mar 1906-14 Aug 1991), citing Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA (plot: Garden / Section: SECTION 2 UNIT 7 Lot: PLOT CATACOMBS Row/Tier: TIER 2).
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