Family tree Weening » Durk Postma (1885-1947)

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 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
    • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
    • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

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.
    • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
    • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
    • July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
    • September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
    • September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
    • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

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.
    • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
    • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
    • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
    • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
    • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
    • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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