Russell Francis Platt

Brief Life History of Russell Francis

When Russell Francis Platt was born on 29 December 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Francis Harmon Platt, was 25 and his mother, Henrietta Hope Russell, was 22. He married Bernice Cash on 31 August 1939, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 3 April 1989, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Francis Platt
1911–1989
Bernice Cash
1916–1994
Marriage: 31 August 1939
Preston Francis Platt
1949–2018
Thomas Russell Platt
1953–2019
Russell Cash Platt
1957–2001

Sources (32)

  • Russell F Platt, "United States 1950 Census"
  • <Unknown>, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Russell Francis Platt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1912 · The Capitol Building

As time passed, smaller buildings became inadequate to house the local leaders and the territory legislator, so a call for a new permanent capitol building became an item of discussion. Several of people requested that Salt Lake City donate 20 acres of land for the construction of a new Capitol building, but plans were put on hold until Utah gained statehood in 1896. After the new state legislature passed the approval for the building of the Capitol, funding was secured and the search for a site was underway. One of the more popular sites considered was located on Fort Douglas property, but it was decided to construct it on the original 20 acres site now known as Capitol Hill. The Capitol has been renovated multiple times since its original construction, to better stabilize the structure to be able to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and to demonstrate the history of the state. The Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

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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