Family tree Weening » Geeske Zijlstra (1891-1963)

Personal data Geeske Zijlstra 


Household of Geeske Zijlstra

She is married to Johannes Postema.

They got married on May 15, 1920 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 28 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Tjisse Postema  1921-1998
  2. Gauke Postema  1922-1986
  3. Jacob Postema  1929-1985

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1891, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1963, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1920, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday July 18, 1891

  • The temperature on July 18, 1891 was about 22.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

Day of marriage May 15, 1920

  • The temperature on May 15, 1920 was between 3.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
    • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
    • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
    • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
    • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
    • December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

Day of death May 29, 1963

  • The temperature on May 29, 1963 was between 10.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
    • March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
    • May 11 » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.
    • August 30 » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
    • September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
    • October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
    • December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.


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Source: Wikipedia

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