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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

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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.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • 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.

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.
    • February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
    • March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
    • October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
    • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
    • November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
    • November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.

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 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
    • May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
    • July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
    • August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
    • November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
    • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.


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