Family tree Weening » Elizabeth Postma (1894-1991)
Personal data Elizabeth Postma
- She was born on November 17, 1894 in Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- She died on June 1, 1991 in -, she was 96 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).
- A child of Haye Rienks Postma and Imke Eerdes Postma
- This information was last updated on July 28, 2024.
Household of Elizabeth Postma
She is married to Johannes Meinema.
They got married on May 19, 1917 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Anne Meinema 1918-1990
- Johanna Meinema 1921-2019
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1894, Achtkarspelen
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/81445/postma
Huwelijksregister 1917, Kollumerland c.a.
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Birthday November 17, 1894
- The temperature on November 17, 1894 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage May 19, 1917
- The temperature on May 19, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
- December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death June 1, 1991
- The temperature on June 1, 1991 was between 3.7 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
- May 16 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
- June 27 » Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
- July 11 » Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
- August 6 » Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- August 23 » The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
- September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
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