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Personal data Rienk Postma 


Household of Rienk Postma

He is married to Antje Kootstra.

They got married on May 15, 1915 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 28 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Haye Postma  1916-2009
  2. Wytze Postma  1917-1983
  4. Sake Wietze Postma  1920-1975
  5. Johan Postma  1921-1959

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rienk Postma

Rienk Hayes Postma
1830-1864
Sjoukjen Barelds de Jong
1828-1865
Eerde Elzes Postma
1821-1905
Antje Hendriks Rinzema
1825-1905

Rienk Postma
1886-1960

1915

Antje Kootstra
1894-1983

Haye Postma
1916-2009
Wytze Postma
1917-1983
Eerde Jan Postma
1919-????
Sake Wietze Postma
1920-1975
Johan Postma
1921-1959

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1886, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1960, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/153003/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1915, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday May 28, 1886

  • The temperature on May 28, 1886 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

Day of marriage May 15, 1915

  • The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
    • February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
    • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
    • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

Day of death August 29, 1960

  • The temperature on August 29, 1960 was between 11.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
    • May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
    • August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
    • September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
    • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
    • December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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