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Household of Meint Benjamin Postma

He is married to Jeltje Ytsma.

They got married on September 14, 1912 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Ale Postma  1912-2000
  2. Ale Postma  1912-2000
  3. Grietje Postma  1914-1990
  4. Jan Postma  1915-
  5. Jantje Postma  1916-1919
  6. Harm Postma  1918-
  7. Poppe Postma  1919-1991
  8. Jantje Postma  1921-1997
  9. Hiltje Postma  1922-1989
  10. Tjitske Postma  1928-1983

The couple were divorced from December 1, 1932 at Leeuwarden (Fr).Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meint Benjamin Postma

Haye Kornelis Postma
1801-1881
Hiltje Roels Poelstra
1804-1892
Feiktje Harms Iwema
1806-1894
Dirk Jans van Velzen
1809-1853

Meint Benjamin Postma
1889-1969

1912

Jeltje Ytsma
1893-1973

Ale Postma
1912-2000
Ale Postma
1912-2000
Grietje Postma
1914-1990
Jan Postma
1915-????
Jantje Postma
1916-1919
Harm Postma
1918-????
Poppe Postma
1919-1991
Jantje Postma
1921-1997
Hiltje Postma
1922-1989
Tjitske Postma
1928-1983

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1889, Achtkarspelen
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/273990/postma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1912, Achtkarspelen
  4. Huwelijksregister 1933, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday December 28, 1889

  • The temperature on December 28, 1889 was about -5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
    • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Day of marriage September 14, 1912

  • The temperature on September 14, 1912 was between 8.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
    • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
    • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death September 6, 1969

  • The temperature on September 6, 1969 was between 9.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
    • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
    • April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
    • May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
    • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
    • November 19 » Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
  • 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
  • 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
  • 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
  • 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)

Source: Wikipedia


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