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Personal data Pieter Postmus 


Household of Pieter Postmus

He is married to Ebeltje Bergsma.

They got married on October 22, 1881 at Marum (Gr), he was 22 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Foktje Postmus  1884-1955
  2. Maaike Postmus  1889-1976
  3. Andries Postmus  1892-1933
  4. Pieter Postmus  1902-1973

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Postmus

Pieter Alberts Postmus
1780-1841
Ebeltje Roelfs van der Veen
1802-1890
Jan Jacobs Helder
1803-1871
Maaike Roelfs Randel
1807-1858
Foktje Helder
1828-1861

Pieter Postmus
1859-1940

1881

Ebeltje Bergsma
1862-1949

Foktje Postmus
1884-1955
Maaike Postmus
1889-1976
Andries Postmus
1892-1933
Pieter Postmus
1902-1973

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1859
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1940
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2029027/postmus
  4. Huwelijksregister Marum 1881

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Historical events

Birthday March 12, 1859

  • The temperature on March 12, 1859 was about 10.3 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 50 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
    • June 28 » The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
    • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
    • October 22 » Spain declares war on Morocco.
    • November 24 » Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.

Day of marriage October 22, 1881

  • The temperature on October 22, 1881 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Day of death May 23, 1940

  • The temperature on May 23, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
    • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
    • June 24 » World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No11 Independent Company.
    • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
    • October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
    • November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.


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