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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

Thomas Jacobs Postma
1845-1923
Jelske Baukes van der Pruik
1843-1921
Arjen Beerts Bos
1832-1908
Ytje Dirks Lourens
1845-1909
Bauke Postma
1876-1947
Elisabeth Bos
1877-1971

Elisabeth Postma
1910-1998

1949

Folkert Zwaagstra
1911-1995


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Sources

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

Birthday December 3, 1910

  • 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.
    • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
    • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
    • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
    • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Day of marriage May 19, 1949

  • 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.
    • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
    • April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
    • April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
    • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
    • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
    • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.

Day of death August 17, 1998

  • 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.
    • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
    • February 3 » Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
    • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
    • May 13 » India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
    • May 30 » Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
    • July 17 » The 7.0 Mw  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.


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)

Source: Wikipedia


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