King William Bradshaw Platts was born in 1859 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom and baptised there as William Bradshaw Platts on 10 Apr 1860. He was the natural born son of Eliza Platts, a single woman.
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William's mother, Eliza Platts was later married to William Bradshaw. In 1881 the couple had seven Bradshaw children and William B Platts (21, a coalminer) living with them.
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William Bradshaw Platts (bachelor age 24, a miner, no father's name given) of Coalville and Mary Ann Ringrose (26, spinster) of 128 Willow Street, Leicester, the daughter of Thomas Ringrose, (FWK) were married on 12 Apr 1884 in Leicester, Leicestershire. Harriet Ann Bradshaw and Thomas Hawes were witnesses.
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"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26T7-W1B : 1 October 2014), King William Bradshaw Platts, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
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PLATTS, KING WILLIAM BEADSHAW -
GRO Reference: 1859 J Quarter in ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH Volume 07A Page 109
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"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27J-3KJ3 : 12 December 2017), William B Platts in household of William Bradshaw, Whitwick, Leicestershire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 25, Piece/Folio 3143/125, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,879.
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"England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4W-QH63 : 6 June 2018), William Bredshaw Platts and Mary Ann Ringrose, 12 Apr 1884; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page 159, citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK. http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2/GBPRS/LEICS/102028028/00171
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"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJ4-MKL : 13 December 2014), William Bradshaw Platts, 1884; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1884, quarter 2, vol. 7A, p. 400, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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