Platten Family History
Platten Name Meaning
diminutive of Platt 1.metonymic
occupational name for a platemaker, from Old French platon
‘metal plate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Platten
Name Distribution of Platten Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Platten families
 154 - 306  52 - 153 |
 1 - 51  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Platten census records
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Platten Family Origin
Platten Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Platten Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Platten census records
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Military Service by Platten
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