Thread: Herbert Platts Death

Hiya,

Hopefully someone can help me )

Im trying to find the death date of my great grandad.

Herbert Platts b1906 married Edith Martin b1914 in 1931 in Sheffield. They then had 5 children.

Im pretty sure he died between 1950 & 1962 (Big gap i know, sorry )

Is there any other info you need? Ive been looking for this for ages and keep coming to a blank so thought i might be best off asking for help )

Thanks

Rachel x

Hi Rachel,
This is the only one I can see close to the right age, not quite the correct birth year.

Name:Herbert PlattsDeath Registration Month/Year:1963Age at death (estimated):52Registration district:SheffieldInferred County:Yorkshire West RidingVolume:2dPage:39

Hi Rachel,

I know the year of death is out from what you have written, but I have found this:

Name: Herbert PlattsBirth: 28 Nov 1906Death: Jan 1986 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

If it helps, we thought my husband's great grandfather died between 1931-1936, from his children's marriage certificates, but it turns out he didn't die until 1951!!!

Mrsp

Thanks for your replys but i dont think thats him either. My Herbert was born in Oct 1906 x

The ref two independent people have found is the right name, right area, right birthyear. What doesn't match is the month of birth and the fact he died a year later than you thought.

It's not unknown for birthdates on death certs to be wrong. The informant is often either grief-stricken or just in a rush to get the formalities sorted so they can arrange the funeral and start sorting out insurance and other affairs.

If the date your Herbert was born was 28th I'd be inclined to hang on to the ref you've got just in case someone said November when they meant October.

You could also try looking for Platt without an s. It's also not uncommon that the name doesn't appear correctly in the index.

Can you try to narrow down the date - when did his wife die? Is she described as wife or widow. Do his children describe him as deceased on their marriage certs?

thanks for all your help...ive rodered a marriage cert before which was quite straight forward....is a death cert the same,.... i.e i just need the ref? thanks x