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Personal data Geertje Wiegers Postma 


Household of Geertje Wiegers Postma

She is married to Gerben Boenstra.

They got married on May 6, 1893 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Lemke Boenstra  1894-1911
  2. Otte Boenstra  1899-1971

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Wiegers Postma

Errit Errits Postma
± 1783-1858
Ynske Geerts Overzet
± 1787-1854
Idsge Atzes van der Ploeg
± 1797-1873
Hebeltje Gerks Huisma
1801-1860

Geertje Wiegers Postma
1869-1942

1893

Gerben Boenstra
1861-1922

Lemke Boenstra
1894-1911
Otte Boenstra
1899-1971
Lamkje Boenstra
1911-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1869, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1942, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/645681/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1893, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 12, 1869

  • The temperature on July 12, 1869 was about 28.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

Day of marriage May 6, 1893

  • The temperature on May 6, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
    • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
    • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
    • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Day of death November 7, 1942

  • The temperature on November 7, 1942 was between 6.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
    • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
    • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
    • August 27 » First day of the Sarny Massacre.
    • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.


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