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Personal data Johannes Postma 


Household of Johannes Postma

He is married to Grietje Koster.

They got married on September 2, 1905 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Wybe Postma  1906-1936
  2. Roelof Postma  1909-1988
  3. Sjoerd Postma  1912-1971
  4. Aaltje Postma  1917-2001

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johannes Postma

Johannes Wybes Postma
1818-1876
Ytje Doeyes Dijkstra
1814-1893
Roel Jochums Zandstra
1794-1856
Jantje Gooitzens Wobbes
1820-1891

Johannes Postma
1877-1947

1905

Grietje Koster
1885-1968

Wybe Postma
1906-1936
Roelof Postma
1909-1988
Sjoerd Postma
1912-1971
Aaltje Postma
1917-2001

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Dantumadeel
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195541/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1905, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday January 1, 1877

  • The temperature on January 1, 1877 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 58 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
    • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    • July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
    • July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
    • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

Day of marriage September 2, 1905

  • The temperature on September 2, 1905 was between 11.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Day of death May 23, 1947

  • The temperature on May 23, 1947 was between 10.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
    • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
    • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
    • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
    • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
    • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
    • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.


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