A Jacobs Family History
Natalie Platnauer

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Name Natalie Platnauer Birth Abt 1905 Lichtenburg, South Africa [1, 2]
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Gender Female *AKA Natalie Platner Ancestor Count 7 Passenger List 25 Aug 1923 Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]
Age: 18y - Home address given as:
9 Dene Mansions, Dennington Park Rd, Hampstead
Outbound to Cape Town
Passenger List 9 Apr 1926 West Hampstead, London, England [1]
Age: 21y Address: 52 Greencroft Gardens - SS Dunluce Castle
Southampton, Hampshire
Appears to be unaccompanied
Passenger List 27 Jul 1935 Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]
Age: 30y - SS Georgic
Outbound to New York
Home address: 39 Belsize Park, London NW3
Miscellaneous 6 Aug 1935 Niagara Falls, Canada [5]
Age: 30y - Admission document.
This ties in with the passenger list leaving Sounthampton 10 days earlier.
Gives her age, place of Birth, father's name and address.
She is employed by the Womens League of Health and Fitness as a Fitness Instructor.
She speaks English and Dutch.
Reference Number BR 4111a Reference Number BR-J _UID 269E24E3ED1640E2ADB6FF03A3B3F1ED8980 Person ID I6000 Jacobs Last Modified 6 Jun 2025
Father Nathaniel Platnauer, b. Between Apr 1863 and Jun 1863, Clifton, Bristol, England d. Between Jul 1937 and Sep 1937, Wandsworth, London, England
(Age 74 years)
Mother Clara Samuel, b. Between Oct 1860 and Dec 1860, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 21 Sep 1931, West Hampstead, London, England
(Age 70 years)
Marriage 16 May 1899 Bulawayo, Rhodesia [6]
Family ID F1576 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 03-Jacobs, Platnauer
Record originated in Jacobs Tree01a-Jacobs, Platnauer
Record originated in Jacobs TreeNatalie Platneau 1933
Record originated in Jacobs TreeNatalie Platnauer group
Record originated in Jacobs TreePlatnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -1
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -2
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -3
Photo from 'The Windsor Star', Windsor, Ontario, Wed 18th Nov 1942, Page 19
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-davis/79752253/
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -4
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -5
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -6
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)Platnauer (Platner), Natalie WW2 -7
Photo from Facebook post WWII Canadian Women's Project
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=659524322628122&set=pcb.659524832628071
Media Date: (1940's)
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Notes - Natalie arrived in Canada in 1935 under her birth name of Platnauer. However at some point before 1935 she changed it to Platner.
She became the National Organiser for The Women's League of Health and Beauty.
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- Natalie arrived in Canada in 1935 under her birth name of Platnauer. However at some point before 1935 she changed it to Platner.
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Sources - [S2800] Passenger List - Platnauer, Natalie [1926], 31 Aug 2015.
- [S2807] Border Crossing - Platnauer, Natalie, 2 Sep 2015.
- [S2805] Passenger List - Platnauer, Clara, 2 Sep 2015.
- [S2806] Passenger List - Platnauer, Natalie [1935], 2 Sep 2015.
- [S2808] Canadian Immigration - Platnauer, Natalie, 3 Sep 2015.
- [S2817] Jewish Chronicle - Marriage Platnauer-Jacobs, 12 Sep 2015.
- [S6169] Platnauer, Natalie, Wome's League (as Platner), 27 May 2025.
- [S2800] Passenger List - Platnauer, Natalie [1926], 31 Aug 2015.