Born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Platts
and Ann Jane (Knight) Platts
Brother of
William Henry Platts, Amos William Platts, Charles Harry Platts and Eliza Ann (Platts) Beesley
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
John (Knight) Platts was born in Leicestershire, England.
John Thomas Knight was born in 1859 Q4 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He was baptised as John Thomas Platts, the son of a printer, Thomas Platts and Ann Jane Knight of Welford Road, Leicester, on 6th November 1859 at Holy Trinity Church, St Mary's Parish, Leicester. [1][2][3][4]
In 1871, Thomas Platts (33, head, married, bricklayer, born in Leicester, Leicestershire) and Ann J Platts (29, married, wife, born in Leicester, Leicestershire) and their three sons, John T Knight (son, 11, scholar, born in Leicester, Leicestershire), Amos W Platts (son, 3, born in Leicester, Leicestershire) and Charles H Platts (son, 1, born in Leicester, Leicestershire) were living in St Margaret (Leicester East), Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Registration: KNIGHT, JOHN THOMAS; Mother's Maiden Surname: - ; GRO Reference: 1859 D Quarter in LEICESTER Volume 07A Page 191 citing GRO Online Index.
- ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWB-1V3N : 6 June 2018), John Platts, 6 Nov 1859; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page 46, Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
- ↑ Leicestershire Baptisms image at Findmypast citing Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland; Archive ref. DE1543/1
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTL-759 : 28 September 2019), John L Knight in entry for Thomas Platts, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTL-759 : 19 February 2021), John L Knight in entry for Thomas Platts, 1871. 1871 Census image at Ancestry.co.uk
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