Emigranten » Sjoukje Postema (1869-1936)

Personal data Sjoukje Postema 


Household of Sjoukje Postema

She is married to Kornelis Spoelstra.

They got married on May 14, 1892 at Kollummerland, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3

they left with 8 children on March 13, 1913 to the USA. The trip was paid by their brother in law Jan Stuursma, who emigrated earlier.

Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Spoelstra  1897-1979
  2. Janke Spoelstra  1906-1977
  3. Hilda Spoelstra  1914-2001

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Historical events

  • The temperature on August 3, 1869 was about 15.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
    • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
  • The temperature on May 14, 1892 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
    • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
    • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
    • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
    • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • The temperature on July 19, 1936 was between 13.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
    • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
    • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
    • August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
    • September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
    • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.


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