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Personal data Roelfke Posthumus 


Household of Roelfke Posthumus

She is married to Liekele Teunis Veenstra.

They got married on March 23, 1888 at Ooststellingwerf (Fr), she was 16 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Rinske Veenstra  1889-1961
  2. Selie Veenstra  1892-1918
  3. Jantje Veenstra  1893-1896
  4. Popke Veenstra  1895-1970
  5. Liekele Veenstra  1900-1969
  6. Jan Veenstra  1901-
  7. Roelfke Veenstra  1903-1991 
  8. Haitze Veenstra  1906-1906

The couple were divorced from December 11, 1908 at Groningen (Gr).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelfke Posthumus

Frans Gerhardus Posthumus
1811-1864
Geertruij den Hartog
1814-1866
Jan Alberts Denkela
1813-1855
Roelfke Rozema
1819-1884
Jan Posthumus
1841-1926

Roelfke Posthumus
1871-????

1888

Liekele Teunis Veenstra
1858-1941

Rinske Veenstra
1889-1961
Selie Veenstra
1892-1918
Jantje Veenstra
1893-1896
Popke Veenstra
1895-1970
Liekele Veenstra
1900-1969
Jan Veenstra
1901-????
Roelfke Veenstra
1903-1991
Haitze Veenstra
1906-1906

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Zuidhorn 1871
  2. Huwelijksregister 1888, Ooststellingwerf

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Historical events

Birthday November 29, 1871

  • The temperature on November 29, 1871 was about 1.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
    • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

Day of marriage March 23, 1888

  • The temperature on March 23, 1888 was about 1.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.


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