See also

Family of John Albert Platt and Lavinia Overett

Husband: John Albert Platt

  • Name:

  • John Albert Platt1,2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker then a steward/seaman4,5

  • Birth:

  • 19 Aug 1886

  • Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England2,4,6

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Sep 1886 (age 0)

  • St. Chad's Church, Dunloe Street, Haggerston, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • son of John Platt (dyer) and Eliza Bertha of 45 Ormby Street, born on 19th August 1886

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  •  

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 25)

  • 6 The Oval, Bethnal Green, London, England4

  •  

  • daughter? (note that completion of this return seems rather erratic) working as acabinet maker and living with his mother WEliza and a boarder William Smith (wife's second husband). Born in Bethnal Green London

  • Military Service:

  • btw 5 Apr 1918 and 3 Jul 1918 (age 31)

  • Army Service Corps as driver no:3989595

  •  

  • and was 5' 5" tall with a chest of 36" and expansion of 3", fair complexion, light blue eyes and light brown hair. He worked as a steward/seaman and was married to Lavinia Winifred Platt with children Albert Edward born 28th May 1916 and Gladys Winifred born 26th July 1917 and died 17th April 1918.

  • Death:

  • Q4 1920 (age 34)

  • Whitechapel "Registration District", London, England3

Wife: Lavinia Overett

  • Name:

  • Lavinia Overett7,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Richard Edward Overett (1850?-1933)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Phebe Aguass (1851?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • boot machinist9

  • Birth:

  • 6 Dec 1888

  • Shoreditch, Middlesex, England7,8,9,10,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Dec 1888 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Haggerston Road, Haggerston, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • daughter of Richard Edward Overett (paper ruler) and Charlotte Phoebe of 55 Brougham Road, born on 6th December 1888

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • 55 Brougham Road, Haggerston, London, England10

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Charlotte, brothers George, Victor, Albert, Henry and Ernest, and sisters Charlotte, Laura and Emma. Born in Shoreditch London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • 55 Brougham Road, Haggerston, London, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Richard and Charlotte, sisters Charlotte, Emma and Dorothy, and brothers Albert, Henry, Ernest, William and Leonard. Born in Shoreditch London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • 55 Brougham Road, Haggerston, London, England9

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a boot machinist and living in five rooms with her parents Richard and Charlotte, brothers Albert, Henry, Ernest, William and Leonard, and sister Dorothy. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 50)

  • 87 Boston Street, Hoxton, London, England12

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband William, son Dennis, four closed records (presumably daughters Hilda, Peggy and Joyce, and son Stanley), son Albert Platt and daughter Constance Platt. Born on 6th December 1888

  • Death:

  • Q3 1969 (age 80)

  • Waltham Forest "Registration District", Greater London, England13

Child 1: Gladys Winifred Platt

  • Name:

  • Gladys Winifred Platt14,15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jul 1917

  • Whitechapel "Registration District", London, England5,14

  • Death:

  • 17 Apr 1918 (age 0)

  • Shoreditch "Registration District", London, England15

Child 2: Constance Evelyn Platt

  • Name:

  • Constance Evelyn Platt16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Huw Butler Rees (1922-2009)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tobacco leaf stripper12

  • Birth:

  • 6 Sep 1919

  • Bethnal Green "Registration District", London, England12,16

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 20)

  • 87 Boston Street, Hoxton, London, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried tobacco stripper living with her step-father William, mother Lavinia, half-brother Dennis, four closed records (presumably half-sisters Hilda, Peggy and Joyce, and half-brother Stanley), and half-brother Albert Platt. Born on 6th September 1919 and married a Rees at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q3 2015 (age 95-96)

  • Hertfordshire "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England17,18

  • Probate:

  • 31 Dec 2015

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • grant and will

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Shoreditch 1918 quarter:3 volume:1c page:183. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Shoreditch 1886 quarter:4 volume:1c page:103. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Whitechapel 1920 quarter:4 volume:1c page:236. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:1391 class:RG78 piece:49 registration district:17 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:305. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

5.

Ancestry British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Army Service Corps no:398959. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

6.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Haggerston St. Chad baptisms 1865-1904 page:180 entry:1437. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Shoreditch 1889 quarter:1 volume:1c page:105. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

8.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Haggerston All Saints baptisms 1888-1904 page:8 entry:57. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:1377 class:RG78 piece:48 registration district:16 sub-district:3 enumeration district:14 schedule:162. Cit. Date: 4 March 2019.

10.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:255 foilio:149 page:21. Cit. Date: 4 May 2020.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:279 folio:46 page:23. Cit. Date: 4 March 2019.

12.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:0504J page:12 line:40 letter code:ATNM. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waltham Forest 1969 quarter:3 volume:5e page:901. Cit. Date: 7 May 2020.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Whitechapel 1917 quarter:3 volume:1c page:277. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Shoreditch 1918 quarter:2 volume:1a page:69. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bethnal Green 1919 quarter:3 volume:1c page:254. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hertfordshire 2015 quarter:3 district:6381T entry:512310483. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.

18.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 2015 no:4766391. Cit. Date: 6 May 2020.