Family tree Weening » Gerrit Postma (1897-1978)

Personal data Gerrit Postma 


Household of Gerrit Postma

He is married to Jantje van Kammen.

They got married on January 5, 1918 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sietske Postma  1918-1990
  2. Wiebe Postma  1919-1995
  3. Marten Postma  1921-1981
  4. Aaltje Postma  1922-2008

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Postma

Feye Wybes Postma
1829-1900
Hiltje Jilts Plantinga
1826-1882
Berend Dirks de Vries
1841-1902
Minke Jans Zuidema
1843-1902
Wybe Postma
1862-1941

Gerrit Postma
1897-1978

1918

Jantje van Kammen
1900-1973

Sietske Postma
1918-1990
Wiebe Postma
1919-1995
Marten Postma
1921-1981
Aaltje Postma
1922-2008

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1897, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/197452/postma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1918, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday September 10, 1897

  • The temperature on September 10, 1897 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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.
    • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
    • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
    • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Day of marriage January 5, 1918

  • The temperature on January 5, 1918 was between 1.0 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
    • May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
    • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
    • November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
    • November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
    • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Day of death July 23, 1978

  • The temperature on July 23, 1978 was between 11.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
    • June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
    • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
    • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
    • September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
    • November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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