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Personal data Pieter Posthumus 


Household of Pieter Posthumus

He is married to Aafke Westra.

They got married on May 20, 1910 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Janke Posthumus  1911-1992

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Posthumus

Jacob Sakes Posthumus
1818-1864
Froukje Dirks Bloemberg
1811-1873

Pieter Posthumus
1884-1965

1910

Aafke Westra
1888-1966

Janke Posthumus
1911-1992

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1884, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1965, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1884

  • The temperature on February 26, 1884 was about 2.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage May 20, 1910

  • The temperature on May 20, 1910 was between 14.0 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
    • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
    • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
    • September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
    • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Day of death November 20, 1965

  • The temperature on November 20, 1965 was between -2.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
    • July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
    • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
    • October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
    • December 4 » Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
    • December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.


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