Ancestry of
Andrew Card

21st White House Chief of Staff

Howard Platts

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• • Great-grandfather of Andrew Card — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Andrew Howard Platts 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Ann French   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Jul 1858 
  • Birth Location:
  • Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Nov 1927 
  • Death Location:
  • Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Union Cemetery, Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Annie M. Thayer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Jun 1883 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth French Platts (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Howard Platts's birth and death dates are inscribed on his parents' gravestone. The inscription also states that he was "buried in Holbrook."

• Sources for Howard Platts

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Norfolk County, 1900, Holbrook, E.D. 1038, Sheet1A, Image 31 of 53.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/21/2022).
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Howard Platts and Annie M Thayer.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990, Record for Howard Platts, gives death date as 20 NOV 1927.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for John Henry Card and daughter Elizabeth French Platts.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Abington, Vol. 115, p. 332, Birth record for Howard Platts.
  • ⁷ The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 21 NOV 1927, p. 2, Obituary for Howard Platts.
  • ⁸ The Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 23 OCT 1929, p. 21, Death record for spouse Annie M Platts.