Family tree Weening » Pieter Jelles Postma (1844-1909)

Personal data Pieter Jelles Postma 


Household of Pieter Jelles Postma

He is married to Baukje Feyes Sikkema.

They got married on May 20, 1872 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Feye Postma  1876-1956 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Jelles Postma

Pieter Keimpes Postma
± 1785-1827
Dirkje Tjallings van der Veen
1786-1843
Ruurd Durks Weistra
± 1765-1820
Froukjen Gerbens Vellinga
1774-1842

Pieter Jelles Postma
1844-1909

1872

Baukje Feyes Sikkema
1844-1929

Feye Postma
1876-1956

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1844, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1909, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1872, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday June 7, 1844

  • The temperature on June 7, 1844 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. 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 year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
    • May 24 » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • July 3 » The last pair of great auks is killed.
    • September 28 » Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

Day of marriage May 20, 1872

  • The temperature on May 20, 1872 was about 14.3 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
    • February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
    • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
    • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
    • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.

Day of death January 13, 1909

  • The temperature on January 13, 1909 was between -1.0 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
    • February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
    • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
    • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
    • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
    • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.


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Source: Wikipedia

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