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Personal data Libbe Poelstra 


Household of Libbe Poelstra

He is married to Taltje Bron.

They got married on May 19, 1906 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jakob Poelstra  1908-1973
  3. Jan Poelstra  1918-1964

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Libbe Poelstra

Lippe Andries Poelstra
1812-1877
Hinke Lieuwes Veenstra
1817-1873
Jan Jans Nijboer
1817-1900
Jeltje Sybes Hamstra
1825-1905

Libbe Poelstra
1878-1949

1906

Taltje Bron
1879-1969

Jakob Poelstra
1908-1973
Grietje Poelstra
1914-????
Jan Poelstra
1918-1964

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1949, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1906, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday December 8, 1878

  • The temperature on December 8, 1878 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of marriage May 19, 1906

  • The temperature on May 19, 1906 was between 7.5 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
    • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
    • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
    • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
    • 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.)
    • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death March 31, 1949

  • The temperature on March 31, 1949 was between 2.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
    • April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
    • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
    • July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
    • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.


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