Richard Bernard PLATTE b.6 Oct 1921 Westphalia, MI
d.16 Aug 1985 Lansing, MI .. Burial:
(Maple Ridge Cemetery, Holt, MI)
(cemetery link)
married1:
Muriel A. HALE (b.1923)
married Feb 1, 1944 - (div)

married2:
Margery M. BARNHART

 parents:
Louis PLATTE (b.1893)
Sophie TRIERWEILER (b.1892)
children: PLATTE
  1. Ronald Lee
  2. Rex Lyle (b.4 May 1947)
  3. Claudette Ann (b.21 Aug 1948)
  4. Raymond Lewis
see Children's pages
"above" for Photos
of the PLATTE family.
siblings: PLATTE
  1. Rita (b.1917)
  2. Marinella P. "Nelly" (b.1918)
  3. Doris (b.1920)
  4. Kathleen (b.1923)
  5. Ruth
  6. Joann
  7. Jean
  8. John
Richard pictured with first wife "Muriel" and first son Ron ~1945/6.
fact sources and writings about this individual:

St. Mary's Church Parish records Westphalia, MI:
"Friends and relatives gathered at Bremen, Germany and set sail for America on 26 Aug 1836, landing at New York Harbor 3 Oct 1836. They then sailed to Detroit via the Erie Canal. Eberhard Platte age 39, settled in Lyons, MI until 1843, when he bought 45 acres in Wesphalia, MI"

__Platte Generation_____Spouse__

  1. Eberhard and Theresia BALTES son,
  2. (Ferdinand and Maria SNITGEN)'s son,
  3. (Eberhard and Mary POHL)'s son,
  4. (Louis and Sophie TRIERWEILER)-Richard's parents.

Research of Kevin Everigham of MI, grandson,2009 & 2022

1930 CENSUS Lansing, Ingham Co. MI... Lewis E. Platte 37, b.MI, married, parents b.MI,... Sophia 37 b.MI, wife, father b.Germany, mother b.NY,... Rita M. 12,... Marinella 11,... Doris M. 10,... Richard B. 8,... Kathleen C. 6,... Joan M. 3,... Jean P. (baby),... John P. (baby).

1940 CENSUS Lansing, Ingham Co., MI .. "Louis E. Platte 47, b.MI,.. Sophia 47, b.MI,.. Doris M. 20, b.MI,.. Richard B. 18, b.MI,.. Kathleen C. 16, b.MI,.. Joan M. 13, b.MI,.. John 10, b.MI,.. Jean 10, b.MI,.. Ruth C. 5, b.MI."

1950 CENSUS Lansing, Ingham County, MI.(dwelling 54) "Sophia Platte, 57, mother/head of family, fa born Germany, mo. born Buffalo, NY,.. Jean P. Platte 20, daughter, b.MI,.. Ruth C. Platte 14, b.MI,.. Richard Platte 28, b.MI, son, occ: U.S. Guard, married 6 yrs,.. Muriel Platte 26, b.MI, dau-in-law, occ: Saleswoman, married 6 yrs,.. Ronald Platte 5, b.MI, grandson,.. Rex Platte, 2, b.MI, grandon,.. Claudette Platte 1, b.MI, granddaughter."

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