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Subject: Re: [PIATT] Piatts Stemming from Pennsylvania
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:55:57 -0000
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Author: lapiatt
Surnames: Piatt
Classification: queries
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For Darrell:
You come from a well-behaved line a Piatts who lived in the same area for decades, used their real names that were not often misspelled. This is not typical in Piatt research. Working backwards:
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1930, PA, Luzerne Co, Forty Fort Borough, 1st Ward
95 Butler St
PIATT
JAMES, 23, aged 20 at marriage, born PA, electrician
Marie, 25, aged 21 at marriage, born PA
Joyce, 1 1/12, daughter, born PA
Jimmie, 1/12, son, born PA
(Benjamin would be born to this family in 1935.)
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1920, PA, Luzerne Co, Wilkes-Barre Twp, South Dist
629 Blackman St
PIATT
JAMES L, 50, head, foreman in colliery
Blanche, 47, wife
J Earl, 24, son, engineer in colliery
JAMES, 12, son, student
BURNS, P F, 72, father-in-law
(Blanche should be Blanche Burns Piatt.)
All individuals and their parents born in PA.
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1910, PA, Luzerne, Wilkes-Barre Twp
629 Blackman St
PIATT
JAMES L, 40, head, married at 19, foreman in coal mine
Blanche, 36, wife, married at 17, 5 children/5 living
Meda, 16, dau
Earl V, 14, son
Esther H, 13, dau
Marie, 10, dau
JAMES, 3, son
All individuals and all parents born PA.
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1900 PA, Luzerne Co, Nanticoke Borough
61 West Broad St
PIATT
JAMES L, 30, head, b Oct 1869, md 7 yrs, carpenter
Blanche M, 26, wife, b Dec 1873, 4 children/4 living
Meda L, 5, b Jun 1894
Earl V, 4, son, b Jun 1875
Esther K, 3, dau, b Oct 1896
Marie, 11/12, dau, b Jun 1899
All individuals and all parents born PA.
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1890 census destroyed by fire in 1924.
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1880, PA, Luzerne Co, Huntington Twp
three families in a row, all born PA:
GOOD
Charles, 47, head
Adaline, 41, wife
David P, 17, son
Ira S, 13, son
Harry E, 11, son
Albert R, 9, son
Lula, 4, dau
Baby, 2/12, dau, born April
Jacob, 88, father, old age
Elizabeth, 78, mother, paralysis
PIATT, Dora, 17, neice, servant
PIATT
MARGARET, 40, widow, weaves carpet
JAMES, 10 son
Ida M, dau
Adams, Rebecca, 63, boarder, pauper, neuralgia
WILCOX
Sam, 24, head
Clara, 25, sister
PIATT, Albert, 13, laborer, farm labor
(Your great-grandfather James Piatt's family has suffered the hardship of the loss of his father. Some children were living in other homes.)
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1870, PA, Luzerne Co, New Columbus
PIATT
JOHN M, 34, saddler
Margaret F, 30
Edwin N or W, 9
Eudora, 7
Albert, 4
Charles W, 3
JAMES, 9 [should be 9 months]
All born PA. Dora and Albert are with neighboring families ten years later.
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1860, Luzerne Co, New Columbus Borough, Muhlenberg PO
PIATT
JOHN, 24, saddler and harnessmaker
living with family of Joseph Kimley or Rimley (indexed as Kimley).
also in township:
PIATT
CHARLES, 53, farmer
Permelia, 53
Weston, 20, farm labor
Julia, 16
PIATT, JOHN, 77 [born ca 1783]
Huffman, Abby, 48, pauper/idiot
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1850, PA, Luzerne Co, Huntington Township
PIATT
CHARLES, 43, born NJ
Permelia, 42
JOHN 13,
Weston, 9
Julia A, 7
Seely, Elizabeth, 13
Huffman, Abigail, 31
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1840, PA, Luzerne, Huntington Twp
1 male, 30-40---CHARLES?
1 female, 30-40---Permelia?
2 males, 5-10
1 male, 0-5---JOHN?
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1830:
--not in Luzerne by any spelling
--did not find an obvious John Piatt, b ca 1783, in NJ for 1830.
Other Piatt researchers are more familiar with early NJ and may have something in their files about the family during these early years.
It would be reasonable to expect that this line descends from the immigrant Rene Piatt and wife Elizabeth Sheffield of NJ. But through which son is the question.
There is a Piatt DNA study underway with a public page at:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Piatt
Hope this helps.
Laverne Ingram Piatt
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