Kramer Family Tree » Geertje Postma (1847-1922)
Personal data Geertje Postma
Source 1- She was born on September 1, 1847 in Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands.
- Resident:
- in the year 1920: Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.
- on April 10, 1910: 60y, mother of 12 children, 8 living, 40 years married, Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.
- in the year 1880: Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.
- in the year 1884: Ottawa County Census age 36, Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.
- on June 16, 1900: 51y; mother of 12 children, 8 living, Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.
- on March 17, 1870: age 22, Fillmore, Allegan, Michigan, USA.
- She died on February 3, 1922 in Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 74 years old.
- She is buried after 1922 in Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
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- A child of and Abele Annes Postma
Household of Geertje Postma
(1) She has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
(2) She has/had a relationship with (Not public).
Child(ren):
- Jan Hendrik infant Brink 1873-1874
- Jannetje Jennie Brink 1874-1947
- Jetske Jessie Brink 1877-????
- Frederik Brink 1878-> 1930
- Annigtje Brink 1880-????
- Mina Brink 1883-????
- Anna infant Brink 1884-1884
- Hendriktje infant Brink 1890-1890
- Trijntje Tena Hoffman Brink 1892-1975
- John Henry Brink 1895-1974
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- Koster Web Site, Steven Koster, Geertje Postma, September 18, 2023
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Historical events
Birthday September 1, 1847
- The temperature on September 1, 1847 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 19 » The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
- July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
- October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
- October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
- November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
Day of death February 3, 1922
- The temperature on February 3, 1922 was between -5.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 24.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
- June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
- July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
- November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
Same birth/death day
- 1848 » Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist († 1931)
- 1850 » Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager († 1919)
- 1851 » John Clum, American journalist and agent († 1932)
- 1854 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer († 1921)
- 1855 » Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic († 1909)
- 1856 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist († 1953)
- 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
- 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
- 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
- 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
- 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
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The Kramer Family Tree publication was prepared by Louis Kramer.
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I586382.php : accessed January 19, 2026), "Geertje Postma (1847-1922)".
Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I586382.php : accessed January 19, 2026), "Geertje Postma (1847-1922)".