Family tree Weening » Geert Jacobs Postma (1846-1915)
Personal data Geert Jacobs Postma
- He was born on January 30, 1846 in Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- arbeider.
- koopman.
- He died on January 30, 1915 in Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 69 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jacob Goitzens Postma and Jetske Lubberts Boersma
- This information was last updated on June 20, 2024.
Household of Geert Jacobs Postma
(1) He is married to Aaltje Sakes Huberts.
They got married on September 21, 1872 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Ettje Dijkstra.
They got married on June 14, 1878 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 32 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Klaaske Postma 1880-1969
- Jitske Postma 1881-1881
(3) He is married to Janke Jannes Wobbes.
They got married on May 18, 1882 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 36 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Jannes Postma 1884-1944
- Goitzen Postma 1887-1887
- Jitske Postma 1889-1889
- Jitze Postma 1892-1892
- Sytze Postma 1892-1892
- Jitze Postma 1895-1951
- Jitske Postma 1897-????
- Sytze Postma 1898-1899
- Wipkje Postma 1901-
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Birthday January 30, 1846
- The temperature on January 30, 1846 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
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Day of marriage May 18, 1882
- The temperature on May 18, 1882 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
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- June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
Day of death January 30, 1915
- The temperature on January 30, 1915 was between -4.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
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- April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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- June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
- August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
- September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
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