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Personal data Jan Postma 


Household of Jan Postma

He is married to Willemke Loonstra.

They got married on May 26, 1906 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 28 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sjoerd Postma  1908-1977
  2. Sytske Postma  1909-1992
  3. Wiebe Postma  1911-1987
  4. Aaltje Postma  1913-1996
  5. Jantje Postma  1916-2005

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1915, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1906, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday March 29, 1878

  • The temperature on March 29, 1878 was about 2.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

Day of marriage May 26, 1906

  • The temperature on May 26, 1906 was between 5.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
    • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
    • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
    • August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
    • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
    • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Day of death November 6, 1915

  • The temperature on November 6, 1915 was between -0.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
    • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • 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 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.


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