Platt Family Association
The Official Website
September 2007, Vol 25, pp27-28
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Shari Bruce says that she was watching C-Span and the Chair of the
Federal Trade Commission,Deborah PLATT MAJORAS, was being interviewed.
Who’s Who lists Deborah Platt Majoras as Chair of the FTC in Washington.
She is a summa cum laude graduate of Westminster College and received her
JD degree from the University of Virginia in 1989. She was a deputy assistant
attorney general in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
She is a member of Jones Day in Washington. Her husband is John Majoras.
Does anyone know her Platt connection?
We've picked up a query from the Platt GenForum posted by Bill Luttrell, [WALuttrell(-at-)aol.com]. He's looking for a Mortimer PLATT, born 1809, possibly in New Hampshire, who married Sarah Anne HOPPING. Sarah was from Indiana but returned to the east coast to visit old relatives in New Jersey and New York and married Mortimer either in New Hampshire or Connecticut. Both were in Canada for a while before returning to her home in Indiana. Their son, Harvey Hopping Platt, served in the Civil War with the 7th Indiana and was wounded in the head at the Battle of Laurel Hill in 1864. He eventually returned to Indiana and moved on to Iowa. This may connect with a couple of recent postings, also on the Platt GenForum, by Kay Pogrant. A John Henry Platt was b. 25 October 1866 in Aurora, Indiana, son of Harvey and Maggie Platt. He died 28 February 1939 at the age of 72 years, 4 months and 3 days. He married Mary Ellen SKINNER on 12 December 1894 and they had one daughter, Zola Fay Platt. John was also survived by three sisters, Lydia Boyer (Mrs. L. A.)of Centerville, Iowa, Lulla Main (Mrs. L. C.) of Moravia, Iowa, and Mary Platt also of Moravia; one brother, Charley Platt of Moravia; and several nieces and a nephew. Jonee Platt (Mrs. Gregory Earl) of Sedro Wooley, WA [jonee(-at-)oasismedia. com] has been researching the (JQ) family on p.348 of the 1963 Genealogy, trying to find a possible connection with other Platt families in the area of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Josiah PLATT, was b. 1773 in Connecticut, d. May 1850 in Quincy. His family was in Mill Creek, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1830 and moved to Quincy about 1837. It appears that he had a son, Alanson , from census records but other evidence is circumstantial. Alanson was b. 1809 in Connecticut, according to most records, but in New York according to some. He m. Rachel VAIL (1805-1867) from Delaware. He remarried to Famia or Fanny PHELPS in 1869, widow of David Phelps. He d. 8 March 1884, in Ellington (by Quincy), Adams Co., IL. Alanson’s son Josiah was b. 17 October 1831 near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio. He is listed as Joseph (JQ-1) on p. 348 of the 1963 book. Jonee’s husband’s grandfather was Louis Kendall Platt, Josiah’s son, who moved to Dallas, Texas. Can anyone provide a connection? |