Research of Kevin Everingham of MI, 1999 & 2012
1880 CENSUS Westphalia, Clinton, MI ... Ferdinand Platte 47,... Mary 46, wife,... Everhard 22, son,... Anthony 20, son, ... JOseph 15, son,... Mary 12, dau,... Ferdinand 10, son,... John 8, son,... Frank 5, son.
1881 Marriage Registration, Clinton County, MI... Eberhard Platte, 23, b.Westphalia, MI .... Mary Ann Pohl, 19, b. Westphalia, MI,... married 8 November 1881 at Westphalia, Clinton, MI.
1900 CENSUS Westphalia, Clinton, MI ... Eberhard Platte b.May 1858 MI, married 18yrs,... Mary, b.Jan 1862 MI, wife, b.Germany,... Joseph F., b.Aug 1882 MI, son,... Alfred, b.Dec 1883 MI, son,... Paulina T., b.Sept 1885 MI, dau,... Clara A., b.Nov 1888 MI, dau,... Arnold, b.Jan 1891 MI, son,... Louis E., b.Feb 1893 MI, son,... John, b.Jan 1896 MI, son.
1910 CENSUS Westphalia, Clinton, MI ... Eberhardt Platte 52, b.MI, married, parents b.Germany,... Mary A. 48, b.MI, wife, parents b.Germany,... Clara 21,... Arnold 19,... Louis 17,... John 14,... Alva G. Pohl 12, niece b.MI,... Henry Pohl, 2y 7m, b.MI, nephew,... John Pohl 71, b.Germany, father-in-law, widowed, immigration year 1842.
1920 CENSUS Westphalia, Clinton, MI ... Ebrehard Platte 61, b.MI, married,... Mary A. 58, wife,... John, 24, son.
1922 Death Certificate
info: from St. Mary Cemetery, Westphalia, MI