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Personal data Roel Postma 


Household of Roel Postma

He is married to Geertje Oudman.

They got married on March 22, 1884 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Elisabeth Postma  1884-1958 
  2. Rienk Postma  1886-1971 
  3. Sjoukje Postma  1887-1935
  4. Martje Postma  1889-1891
  5. Pieter Postma  1890-1975 
  6. Martje Postma  1893-1994
  7. Harmke Postma  1896-1975 
  8. Karst Postma  1899-1978
  9. Jan Postma  1903-1979

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1862, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1957
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1884

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Historical events

Birthday January 6, 1862

  • The temperature on January 6, 1862 was about -2.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
    • August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
    • September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
    • September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
    • September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
    • November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

Day of marriage March 22, 1884

  • The temperature on March 22, 1884 was about 5.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • 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.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of death April 8, 1957

  • The temperature on April 8, 1957 was between 1.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
    • June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
    • August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
    • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
    • September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
    • October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.


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