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Personal data Durk Postma 


Household of Durk Postma

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Westra.

They got married on October 7, 1911 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Geert Postma  1912-
  2. Uilke Postma  1914-1979


(2) He is married to Aafke Monsma.

They got married on January 20, 1934 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 48 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Hilkje Monsma  1924-2017

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk Postma

Pieter Nannings Postma
1812-1884
Tiemkje Geerts Laanstra
1815-1873
Jan Jans de Jong
1798-1880
Regina Hendriks Broersma
1809-1886

Durk Postma
1885-1947

(1) 1911

Elizabeth Westra
1890-1926

Geert Postma
1912-????
Uilke Postma
1914-1979
(2) 1934

Aafke Monsma
1905-1982

Hilkje Monsma
1924-2017

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1911, Kollumerland c.a.
  4. Huwelijksregister 1934, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday January 21, 1885

  • The temperature on January 21, 1885 was about -3.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Day of marriage January 20, 1934

  • The temperature on January 20, 1934 was between 0.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
    • May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
    • June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
    • July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
    • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
    • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.

Day of death March 25, 1947

  • The temperature on March 25, 1947 was between 0.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
    • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
    • April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
    • July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
    • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
    • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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