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Household of Fokke Postma

He is married to Aafke de Vries.

They got married on May 4, 1935 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Fokke Postma

Wybe Rinzes Postma
1852-1918
Tjitske Geerts Postma
1853-????
Fokke Egberts Veenstra
1845-1892
Sytske Hendriks Hiemstra
1857-1939
Rinze Postma
1878-1962

Fokke Postma
1914-1987

1935

Aafke de Vries
1912-1998


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195895/postma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1935, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday January 26, 1914

  • The temperature on January 26, 1914 was between 0.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
    • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
    • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
    • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of marriage May 4, 1935

  • The temperature on May 4, 1935 was between 5.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
    • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
    • June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
    • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
    • June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
    • July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Day of death December 18, 1987

  • The temperature on December 18, 1987 was between 10.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
    • May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
    • June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
    • November 25 » Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
    • December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
    • December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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