Genealogy Claes Coster » Maartje "Ma" Koster (1918-2008)
Personal data Maartje "Ma" Koster
- Nickname is Ma.
- She was born on October 11, 1918 in Blokker.
- She died January 2008 in Wognum, she was 89 years old.
- She is buried on January 11, 2008 in Schagen.
- A child of Willem Koster and Klara Pool
- This information was last updated on December 1, 2008.
Household of Maartje "Ma" Koster
She is married to Maarten Jan Dekker.
They got married on April 25, 1946 at Blokker, she was 27 years old.
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Relationship Maartje "Ma" Koster
- Maartje Koster is the 8th great granddaughter of Claes Coster:
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Historical events
Birthday October 11, 1918
- The temperature on October 11, 1918 was between 6.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
- April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
- October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
- October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
- November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
Day of marriage April 25, 1946
- The temperature on April 25, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
- May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
- May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- July 7 » Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
- July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
- December 17 » Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).
- December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.
Day of burial January 11, 2008
- The temperature on January 11, 2008 was between 8.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 12.6 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
- June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
- October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
- December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
- December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
- December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.
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- 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
- 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)
- 1918 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer († 1998)
- 1919 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader († 1990)
- 1919 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor († 1942)
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The Genealogy Claes Coster publication was prepared by Dick Krabbendam.
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Dick Krabbendam, "Genealogy Claes Coster", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-coster/I1069448644.php : accessed February 27, 2026), "Maartje "Ma" Koster (1918-2008)".
Dick Krabbendam, "Genealogy Claes Coster", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-coster/I1069448644.php : accessed February 27, 2026), "Maartje "Ma" Koster (1918-2008)".