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Personal data Nicolaas Postma 


Household of Nicolaas Postma

He is married to Eelkje Wonderman.

They got married on April 20, 1899 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 33 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Dirk Postma  1900-1976
  2. Gaele Postma  1903-1985
  4. Roel Postma  1907-1997

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Nicolaas Postma

Sjoerd Wiegers Postma
± 1785-1866
Hiltje Gerks Huisma
1794-1869

Nicolaas Postma
1865-1948

1899

Eelkje Wonderman
1864-1949

Dirk Postma
1900-1976
Gaele Postma
1903-1985
Levenloos geborene
Roel Postma
1907-1997

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1948, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/303990/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1899, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday June 27, 1865

  • The temperature on June 27, 1865 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
    • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
    • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Day of marriage April 20, 1899

  • The temperature on April 20, 1899 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
    • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
    • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

Day of death May 24, 1948

  • The temperature on May 24, 1948 was between 3.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
    • June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
    • June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
    • September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
    • October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
    • October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1862 » May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1938)
  • 1865 » John Monash, Australian engineer and general († 1931)
  • 1869 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist († 1940)
  • 1869 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
  • 1869 » Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist († 1961)
  • 1870 » Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist († 1947)

Source: Wikipedia


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