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Personal data Geert Postma 


Household of Geert Postma

(1) He is married to Marijke Witteveen.

They got married on May 17, 1913 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 26 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Houkje Dijkstra.

They got married on October 5, 1921 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 34 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Postma

Hendrik Hoppes Postma
1818-1893
Tietje Klazes Waltje
1813-1871
Geert Hessels Kracht
1814-1902
Trijntje Martinus Postma
1805-1866

Geert Postma
1887-1976

(1) 1913

Marijke Witteveen
1883-1918

(2) 1921

Houkje Dijkstra
1885-1965


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1887, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/176552/postma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1913, Achtkarspelen
  4. Huwelijksregister 1921, Leeuwarden

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Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1887

  • The temperature on January 11, 1887 was about -0.8 °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 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of marriage October 5, 1921

  • The temperature on October 5, 1921 was between 8.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
    • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
    • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
    • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death January 31, 1976

  • The temperature on January 31, 1976 was between -8.4 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
    • April 11 » The Apple I is created.
    • July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
    • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
    • September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
    • October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)
  • 1887 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author († 1948)
  • 1888 » Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician († 1954)
  • 1889 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic († 1938)
  • 1890 » Max Carey, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
  • 1890 » Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic († 1954)

Source: Wikipedia


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