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Personal data Willem Postma 


Household of Willem Postma

He is married to Wietske Herder.

They got married on April 27, 1907 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Rinze Postma  1916-1971

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Postma

Gaele Pieters Postma
1821-1890
Lipkje Geerts Faber
1816-1890
Willem Roelofs Toering
± 1803-1878
Hinke Jans van Keimpema
± 1805-1875

Willem Postma
1879-1953

1907

Wietske Herder
1887-1976

Rinze Postma
1916-1971

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1879
  2. Overlijdensregister 1953, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/654940/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1907, Smallingerland

Historical events

Birthday December 7, 1879

  • The temperature on December 7, 1879 was about -4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
    • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
    • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
    • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
    • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
    • October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

Day of marriage April 27, 1907

  • The temperature on April 27, 1907 was between 1.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
    • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of death August 28, 1953

  • The temperature on August 28, 1953 was between 7.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
    • April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
    • July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
    • July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
    • August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
  • 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
  • 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
  • 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
  • 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)

Source: Wikipedia


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