From citizenship records - the Declaration of Intent #155, 1913
Fred Plata, age 42
Occupation: farming
5/9", 175 pounds
I was born in Hanover, Germany on the 1st day of January 1870. I now reside in LaFayette Town, Monroe County, Wisconsin. My last foreign residence was Hanover. I emigrated to the USA from Bremen Germany on the 6th day of April on the vessel Alva. I arrived at the port of New York on 15th of April 1884.
However, family information from his sister Marie Plata Mohring is that the father's name is Dedrick and the mother's name is Sophia.
1891 LaCrosse County marriage record
vol 6, page 204 # 54
Friedrich Plate, occupation farmer, residence Bangor, Wis, BP: Germ.
father Dietrich Plate
mother Louise Meyer
Louise Schroeder
father Wilhelm Schroeder
mother Sophia Schroeder
BP: Germ.
marriage date Jan 22, 1891
in Bangor, Wi
Ecclesiastical ceremony
witnesses: Heinrich Meyer, Louise Schroeder (is this a mistake or was there a different Louise Schroeder - there were apparently several living in LaCrosse County at the time according to online indexes)
marriage performed by R. Siegler of Bostwick Valley (was the Minister of St. John's church in Barre Mills, per current minister 8/3/2011)
Frederick was a retired farmer and owned land in Lafayette Township in Monroe County, near Angelo. At the time of his death he lived with his wife at 600 Pine Street in Sparta, Wisconsin.
LaCrosse Tribune Obituary:
Monday January 14, 1946, p.14, c!
Frederick Plata
Sparta, Wis. (Special)
"Frederick Plata, 70, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. Monday.
Funeral services will be held at the German Lutheran church as soon as arrangements are made. His body is at Lanham's mortuary."
**Fred's stone says 1947 for his year of death. However, his death certificate in Monroe County is for 1946.
From citizenship records - the Declaration of Intent #155, 1913
Fred Plata, age 42
Occupation: farming
5/9", 175 pounds
I was born in Hanover, Germany on the 1st day of January 1870. I now reside in LaFayette Town, Monroe County, Wisconsin. My last foreign residence was Hanover. I emigrated to the USA from Bremen Germany on the 6th day of April on the vessel Alva. I arrived at the port of New York on 15th of April 1884.
However, family information from his sister Marie Plata Mohring is that the father's name is Dedrick and the mother's name is Sophia.
1891 LaCrosse County marriage record
vol 6, page 204 # 54
Friedrich Plate, occupation farmer, residence Bangor, Wis, BP: Germ.
father Dietrich Plate
mother Louise Meyer
Louise Schroeder
father Wilhelm Schroeder
mother Sophia Schroeder
BP: Germ.
marriage date Jan 22, 1891
in Bangor, Wi
Ecclesiastical ceremony
witnesses: Heinrich Meyer, Louise Schroeder (is this a mistake or was there a different Louise Schroeder - there were apparently several living in LaCrosse County at the time according to online indexes)
marriage performed by R. Siegler of Bostwick Valley (was the Minister of St. John's church in Barre Mills, per current minister 8/3/2011)
Frederick was a retired farmer and owned land in Lafayette Township in Monroe County, near Angelo. At the time of his death he lived with his wife at 600 Pine Street in Sparta, Wisconsin.
LaCrosse Tribune Obituary:
Monday January 14, 1946, p.14, c!
Frederick Plata
Sparta, Wis. (Special)
"Frederick Plata, 70, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. Monday.
Funeral services will be held at the German Lutheran church as soon as arrangements are made. His body is at Lanham's mortuary."
**Fred's stone says 1947 for his year of death. However, his death certificate in Monroe County is for 1946.
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