Laura (Platts) Woodward (1874)

Born 1 Aug 1874 in Griffydam, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Biography

Laura Platts was born on 1st August 1874 in Griffydam, Leicestershire, England and baptised on 8th April 1891 in Worthington, Leicestershire. She was the daughter of Benjamin Platts and Fanny Haywood. ^[1][2][3]

Laura Platts was married to John Woodward in 1893, quarter 4 in Ashby De La Zouch District, Leicestershire, England, UK. ^[4][5]

They had a daughter, Laura.

In 1911, Benjiaman Platts (80, retired coal miner, born in Griffydam, Leicestershire) and his wife, Fanny Platts (75, household duties, born in Griffydam, Leicestershire) had been married 46 years and had had seven children, all still living. Two of their sons, Streeton Platts (45, single, a coal miner stallman, born in Griffydam, Leicestershire) and Cooper Platts (43, single, a coal miner stallman, born in Griffydam, Leicestershire) were living with them, as well as their granddaughter, Laura Woodward (13, at school, born in Griffydam, Leicestershire). ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XZL-W2J : 1 October 2014), Laura Platts, 1874; 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.
2. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP49-SCZL : 6 June 2018), Laura Platts, 8 Apr 1891; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Worthington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page 190, Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK. http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2/GBPRS/LEICS/102195785/00202
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27J-SBMB : 12 December 2017), Lora Platts in household of Benjamin Platts, Worthington And Newbold, Leicestershire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 17, Piece/Folio 3140/41, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,879.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DNK-C1T : 13 December 2014), Laura Platts, 1893; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1893, quarter 4, vol. 7A, p. 238, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS4F-TDT : 21 May 2019), Laura Woodward, Worthington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ashby De La Zouch subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ 1911 Census image, Findmypast citing Census reference RG14PN19074 RG78PN1142 RD404 SD3 ED3 SN10

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8YQ-C2M : 15 October 2015), Laura Platts in household of Benjamin Platts, Worthington, Leicestershire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Leicestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.