David Leslie Platz ^{1 2 3 4}

   Cause of his death was Drowning.

  Medical Notes:

Source: Platz/Monroe family tree (Michelle Danks)
David drowned in the Saint Joseph County River.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1900 US Census, 25 June 1900, Union Township, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 15B, District 138, Dwelling 309, Family 313
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Home owned
David U. Platz..Son..Jan 1895..5..IN

(Living with parents.)

2. 1910 US Census, 18 April 1910, Union Township, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 195, Family 24, Roll 377
Union Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana
Home owned, no mortgage
David Platz..Son..15..IN

(Living with widowed mother.)

3. 1930 US Census, 8 April 1930, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 33, Family 230, Roll 626
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
730 South Columbia Street; Home owned $4,000
David L. Platz..Head..35..IN..married at 25..Laborer, City

(Living with wife and 3 daughters.)

4. Cemetery: Southlawn Cemetery, After 26 May 1937, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁵ Plot: Section C Lot 27 - 3
Find A Grave Memorial #25182024

David married Mabel Legora Monroe, daughter of Edwin R. Monroe and Margaret Ellen Thompson, on 22 November 1919 in Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States.¹ (Mabel Legora Monroe was born on 7 December 1898 in Tyner, Marshall, Indiana, United States, died on 30 November 1941 in South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States and was buried after 30 November 1941 in South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 22 November 1919, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ¹

2. 1930 US Census, 8 April 1930, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 33, Family 230, Roll 626
South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States
730 South Columbia Street; Home owned $4,000
David L. Platz..Head..35..IN..married at 25..Laborer, City
Mabel Platz..Wife..34..IN..married at 24
Margaret Platz..Daughter..9..IN
Helen Platz..Daughter..8..IN
Donnabelle Platz..Daughter..7..IN

  Marriage Notes:

Name: David Lesslie Platz
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 22 Nov 1919
Event Place: St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 19 Nov 1919
Marriage Place: St Joseph, Indiana
Spouse's Name: Mable Legara Monroe
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: J N Greene
Page: 479

Citing this Record
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27G6-8PH : 10 December 2017), J N Greene in entry for David Lesslie Platz and Mable Legara Monroe, 22 Nov 1919; citing St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005206302.
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