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Personal data Harm Potze 

  • He was born on February 26, 1882 in Sellingerbeetse gem. Vlagtwedde.Source 1

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (Albert Potze) was born (February 20, 1898).

  • Occupations:
    • from 1903 till 1917 Arbeider, landbouwer.
    • from 1925 till 1927 Kastelein, verlofhouder, caféhouder.
    • in the year 1941 Arbeider.
  • He died on February 14, 1961 in Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde, he was 78 years old.Source 2
  • A child of Nanne Potze and Alke Alting
  • This information was last updated on January 21, 2026.

Household of Harm Potze

He is married to Trijntje Mansens.

They got married on May 9, 1903 at Vlagtwedde, he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Albert Potze  1898-???? 
  2. Nanno Potze  1904-
  3. Albertje Potze  1905-1993
  4. Alke Potze  1907-1986
  5. Berend Potze  1910-1972 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harm Potze

Jan Wolters Potze
1814-1877
Zwaantien Jurriens Vos
1818-1886
Harm Tonnis Alting
1813-1900
Heebeltien Engelkes
± 1814-????
Nanne Potze
1857-1935
Alke Alting
1856-1930

Harm Potze
1882-1961

1903

Trijntje Mansens
1874-1956

Albert Potze
1898-????
Nanno Potze
1904-????
Albertje Potze
1905-1993
Alke Potze
1907-1986
Berend Potze
1910-1972

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Sources

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  2. Overlijdensakte nr 18
  3. Huwelijksakte nr 17

Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1882

  • The temperature on February 26, 1882 was about 9.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
    • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

Day of marriage May 9, 1903

  • The temperature on May 9, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death February 14, 1961

  • The temperature on February 14, 1961 was between 1.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
    • February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
    • May 4 » Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67km).
    • May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
    • November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
    • December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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