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Personal data Jan Postma 


Household of Jan Postma

He is married to Grietje Stelwagen.

They got married on May 19, 1905 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Postma  1906-1992
  2. Jantje Postma  1914-2012

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Postma

Oebeltje Oebeles Herder
1821-1897
Jan Meinderts Deelstra
1815-1895
Stijntje Jans Mulder
1815-1870
Oebele Postma
1845-1939

Jan Postma
1878-1962

1905

Grietje Stelwagen
1877-1919

Anna Postma
1906-1992
Jantje Postma
1914-2012

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1905, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday April 17, 1878

  • The temperature on April 17, 1878 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of marriage May 19, 1905

  • The temperature on May 19, 1905 was between 11.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Day of death July 17, 1962

  • The temperature on July 17, 1962 was between 10.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
    • February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
    • July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
    • August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
    • November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
    • December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.


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