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PLATZ, Melvin Walters
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PLATZ, Melvin Walters 1 2
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1880 US Census (District 19, Clay, Lagrange County, Indiana). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Issac Platz (age 45, b. PA), wife Hannah (age 42, b. OH) and children Joseph (age 15, b. IN), Walters (age 14, b. IN) and Albert (age 12, b. IN), living in Clay, Indiana. Issac is listed as a "carpenter, " and indicates that both his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Hannah indicates that both her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Living nearby is Israel Platz, and his family, who may be Issac's brother. Issac's parents, John and Julia Platz, are also living in Clay at this time.
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1870 US Census (Perry, Noble County, Indiana). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Issac Platz [spelled Platts] (age 35, b. PA), wife Hannah [Walters] (age 32, b. OH) and children Mary E. (age 10, b. OH), John H. (age 8, b. OH), Joseph E. (age 5, b. IN) and Melvin W. (age 4, b. IN), living in Perry, Indiana. Issac is listed as a "carpenter." Son Albert R. (age 2, b. IN) is living next door with Elizabeth Luallen (age 29, b. OH) and daughter Aquilla E. (age 7, b. IN), who may be relatives. The record indicates that the family moved from Ohio to Indiana between 1862-1864.