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Personal data Geertje Postema 


Household of Geertje Postema

She is married to Johannes Oostra.

They got married on May 2, 1885 at Oldekerk (Gr), she was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Eeuwe Oostra  1886-????
  2. Etje Oostra  1888-1953
  3. Derk Oostra  1890-1890
  4. Derk Oostra  1892-1966
  5. Klaaske Oostra  1893-1973
  6. Auktje Oostra  1899-1995

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Postema

Oetze Dirks Postuma
1778-1840
Auke Popkes van Zielen
-1839
Harke Reinders Kuipers
1806-1857
Geertje Egberts Renkema
± 1796-1863
Derk Postema
1821-1892
Etje Kuipers
1830-1911

Geertje Postema
1864-1939

1885

Johannes Oostra
1858-1940

Eeuwe Oostra
1886-????
Etje Oostra
1888-1953
Derk Oostra
1890-1890
Derk Oostra
1892-1966
Klaaske Oostra
1893-1973
Auktje Oostra
1899-1995

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Zuidhorn 1864
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1939
  3. Huwelijksregister Oldekerk 1885

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Historical events

Birthday May 16, 1864

  • The temperature on May 16, 1864 was about 18.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
    • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
    • June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
    • June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
    • December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Day of marriage May 2, 1885

  • The temperature on May 2, 1885 was about 10.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
    • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of death November 26, 1939

  • The temperature on November 26, 1939 was between 4.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • February 27 » United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
    • June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
    • September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
    • September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
    • October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
    • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.


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