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Personal data Geert Postma 


Household of Geert Postma

(1) He is married to Froukje Zandstra.

They got married on May 23, 1914 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Japke Bijker.

They got married on April 29, 1948 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 58 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Postma

Geert Gooitzens Postma
1809-1897
Tjettje Gabes Boorsma
1825-1904
Jacob Libbes Veenstra
1823-1903
Bontje Tjeerds Postma
1830-1914
Jacob Postma
1862-1955

Geert Postma
1890-1956

(1) 1914

Froukje Zandstra
1891-1916

(2) 1948

Japke Bijker
1895-1997


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1890, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1956, Leeuwarden
  3. Huwelijksregister 1914, Achtkarspelen
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Historical events

Birthday April 23, 1890

  • The temperature on April 23, 1890 was about 12.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
    • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
    • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
    • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
    • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Day of marriage April 29, 1948

  • The temperature on April 29, 1948 was between 6.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
    • May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
    • June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
    • June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
    • July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

Day of death November 21, 1956

  • The temperature on November 21, 1956 was between -4.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
    • June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
    • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
    • October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
    • November 3 » Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
    • December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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