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Household of Jan Postma

He is married to Gerkje Rozema.

They got married on September 30, 1909 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 21 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Postma

Fokke Wietzes Klaver
1819-1891
Sijke Jans Reiding
1820-1865

Jan Postma
1888-1954

1909

Gerkje Rozema
1887-1981


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1888, Opsterland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1954, Opsterland
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/16827/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1909, Opsterland

Historical events

Birthday January 6, 1888

  • The temperature on January 6, 1888 was about 2.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. 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)
  • 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of marriage September 30, 1909

  • The temperature on September 30, 1909 was between 6.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
    • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
    • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
    • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
    • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of death September 9, 1954

  • The temperature on September 9, 1954 was between 12.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
    • March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
    • April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
    • July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
    • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
    • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.


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