| ![Show Contents]() Platte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancestry of the name Platte dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived by a small patch of land. Platte is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Early Origins of the Platte familyThe surname Platte was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Early History of the Platte familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Platte research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1608, 1632, 1638, 1640, 1669, 1678, 1694, 1696, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Platte History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Platte Spelling VariationsSpelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Platte have been found, including Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Blatt and others. Early Notables of the Platte familyNotables of the family at this time include - Gabriel Plattes (fl. 1638), was an English writer, said to have been of Dutch extraction, was one of the earliest advocates in England of an improved system of husbandry, and devoted much time and mon...
 Migration of the Platte family to Ireland
Some of the Platte family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Platte migration to the United States | + |
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Platte, or a variant listed above:
Platte Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Johann Philipp Platte, who arrived in Brazil in 1856 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Platte (post 1700) | + |
- Alfred Frederick Joseph "Al" Platte (1890-1976), American Major League Baseball player who outfielder for the Detroit Tigers in 1913
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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