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Personal data Aafke Elzinga 


Household of Aafke Elzinga

She is married to Haye Theunis Postma.

They got married on September 11, 1897 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 20 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Baukje Postma  1898-1978 
  2. Teunis Postma  1902-1982
  3. Geert Postma  1904-1959
  4. Johannes Postma  1907-2006
  5. Jan Postma  1910-1977
  6. Doede Postma  1915-1989 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Aafke Elzinga

Theunis Geerts Elzinga
1820-1894
Grietje Wiegers Dijkstra
1818-1907
Jan Jans Brouwer
± 1810-1863
Aafke Andries Postma
1819-1902

Aafke Elzinga
1876-1944

1897

Haye Theunis Postma
1874-1933

Baukje Postma
1898-1978
Teunis Postma
1902-1982
Geert Postma
1904-1959
Johannes Postma
1907-2006
Jan Postma
1910-1977
Doede Postma
1915-1989

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1876, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/178993/elzinga
  4. Huwelijksregister 1897, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday September 16, 1876

  • The temperature on September 16, 1876 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
    • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Day of marriage September 11, 1897

  • The temperature on September 11, 1897 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

Day of death October 5, 1944

  • The temperature on October 5, 1944 was between 3.0 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
    • April 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
    • June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
    • June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
    • August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
    • August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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