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Personal data Gerrit Geerts Postma 


Household of Gerrit Geerts Postma

He is married to Eland van Dijk.

They got married on May 9, 1885 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Geert Postema  1886-1974 
  2. Gerben Postma  1888-1983 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Geerts Postma

Gerke Gerkes Postma
± 1775-1850
Tjitske Aans Wiersma
1777-1854
Gerrit Johannes de Vries
1790-1846
Trijntje Pieters Hoekstra
1790-1867

Gerrit Geerts Postma
1858-1929

1885

Eland van Dijk
1850-1916

Geert Postema
1886-1974
Gerben Postma
1888-1983

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1858, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1929, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/15384/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday April 21, 1858

  • The temperature on April 21, 1858 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
    • May 15 » Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
    • July 29 » United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
    • August 16 » U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
    • August 20 » Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
    • August 21 » The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.

Day of marriage May 9, 1885

  • The temperature on May 9, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Day of death March 11, 1929

  • The temperature on March 11, 1929 was between -4.0 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
    • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
    • February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
    • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
    • June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
    • October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.


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