Dr. Charles Angus Platt MD

Brief Life History of Charles Angus

When Dr. Charles Angus Platt MD was born on 25 June 1904, in LaGrange, Bloomfield Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Solomon Platt, was 40 and his mother, Martha “Mattie” Morrison, was 33. He lived in Howell Township, Livingston, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 22 December 1962, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Solomon Platt
1864–1949
Martha “Mattie” Morrison
1870–1917
Dr. Charles Angus Platt MD
1904–1962
Henry Abraham Platt
1906–1967
Samuel Soloman Platt Jr.
1908–1978

Sources (12)

  • Charles Platt, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Charles Angus Platt, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Charles A. Platt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1910 · Upper Twin Falls Bridge

The Upper Twin Falls Bridge which connected Breitung Township, Michigan, to Florence County, Wisconsin. The through-truss bridge spanned the Menominee River and was completed in 1910. The bridge was closed to through traffic in 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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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