When Amelia Platt was born on 28 April 1812, in Licking, Ohio, United States, her father, Abel Platt, was 60 and her mother, Amelia Letts, was 35. She married Thomas Wheeler on 12 April 1832, in Washington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 November 1869, in Licking Township, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Evans Cemetery, Saint Louisville, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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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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