When Peggy Platt was born on 6 July 1835, in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, England, her father, Thomas Platt, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Standring, was 38. She died on 5 February 1836, in East Crompton, Lancashire, England, at the age of 0, and was buried in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, England.
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English: Middle English plat, platte ‘flat surface’ (Anglo-Norman French plat, plast), often with the senses ‘footbridge’ or ‘plot of land’. The name may be topographic, for one who lived near such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Platt in Manchester or Platt Bridge in Wigan (both Lancashire).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German platt ‘flat’.
German: variant of Platte 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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