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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Postma

Jan Jans Postma
1824-1876
Wiepke Wilpstra
1837-1935
Feye Postma
1860-1929

Jan Postma
1889-1909


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1889
  2. Overlijdensregister 1909, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday March 1, 1889

  • The temperature on March 1, 1889 was about -2.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
    • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
    • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."

Day of death September 11, 1909

  • The temperature on September 11, 1909 was between 11.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
    • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
    • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
  • 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
  • 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)
  • 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
  • 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
  • 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)

Source: Wikipedia


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