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Personal data Sjoerd Jans Postma 


Household of Sjoerd Jans Postma

He is married to Femke Bleeksma.

They got married on May 31, 1862 at Rauwerderhem, he was 25 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Laurens Postma  1866-???? 

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Sources

  1. Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk. Archieflocactie: AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden. Burgerlijke Stand Rauwerderhem - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 2007, Periode: 1862, Rauwerderhem. Archief: 30-29. Inventarisnummer: r 2007, 31 mei 1862, Huwelijksregister 1862-186. Aktenummer: 16.

Historical events

Day of marriage May 31, 1862

  • The temperature on May 31, 1862 was about 20.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
    • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
    • July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
    • September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
    • September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
    • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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