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Personal data Cornelia Postma 


Household of Cornelia Postma

She is married to Klaas van der Wal.

They got married on May 17, 1940 at Grootegast (Gr), she was 22 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelia Postma

Anne Hayes Postma
1832-1882
Janke Jans van der Ley
1839-1917
Jilles Tjoelker
1865-1954
Cornelia Werkman
1866-1927
Gosse Postma
1879-1953

Cornelia Postma
1918-1992

1940

Klaas van der Wal
1912-2001


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Sources

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  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1994408/postma
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Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1918

  • The temperature on February 15, 1918 was between -4.1 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
    • February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
    • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
    • November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
    • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.

Day of marriage May 17, 1940

  • The temperature on May 17, 1940 was between 2.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
    • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
    • August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
    • August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
    • November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

Day of death June 16, 1992

  • The temperature on June 16, 1992 was between 12.4 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Mw  6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
    • April 9 » A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
    • April 29 » Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
    • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
    • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
    • December 21 » A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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