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Personal data Elisabeth Postma 

  • She was born on December 3, 1910 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: confectie-naaister.
  • She died on August 17, 1998 in -, she was 87 years old.Source 2
  • She is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Bauke Postma and Elisabeth Bos
  • This information was last updated on December 19, 2025.

Household of Elisabeth Postma

She is married to Folkert Zwaagstra.

They got married on May 19, 1949 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 38 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elisabeth Postma

Bauke Postma
1876-1947
Elisabeth Bos
1877-1971

Elisabeth Postma
1910-1998

1949

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1910, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195443/postma
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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 3, 1910 was between 0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
    • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
    • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
    • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
    • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
  • The temperature on May 19, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
  • 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
    • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
    • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
    • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
    • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
    • December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
  • The temperature on August 17, 1998 was between 11.3 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • March 24 » A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
    • April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
    • July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
    • August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
    • August 28 » Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
    • September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1902 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot († 1976)
  • 1904 » Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player († 1976)
  • 1905 » Les Ames, English cricketer († 1990)
  • 1907 » Connee Boswell, American jazz singer († 1976)
  • 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
  • 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)

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