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Personal data Willemke Jacobs Postma 


Household of Willemke Jacobs Postma

She is married to Durk Alberts Zwaagstra.

They got married on July 21, 1877 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Baukje Zwaagstra  1875-1959 
  2. Jacob Zwaagstra  1878-1959 
  3. Albert Zwaagstra  1883-1947
  4. Tjitske Zwaagstra  1889-1961 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1854, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1891-1893, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1877, Kollumerland c.a.

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Birthday May 14, 1854

  • The temperature on May 14, 1854 was about 14.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
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    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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
    • April 1 » Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words.
    • June 10 » The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
    • August 19 » The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
    • December 18 » The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.

Day of marriage July 21, 1877

  • The temperature on July 21, 1877 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    • June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.

Day of death August 18, 1893

  • The temperature on August 18, 1893 was about 23.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
    • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
    • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
    • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.


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