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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Postma

Gerke Tjidsgers Postma
1854-1897
Antje Alberts Bosma
1851-1900
Rinze Wytzes Landheer
1847-1922
Aaltje Willems Jongsma
1848-1920

Willem Postma
1906-1947


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1906
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1947

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Birthday August 18, 1906

  • The temperature on August 18, 1906 was between 10.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
    • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
    • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
    • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
    • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
    • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

Day of death September 25, 1947

  • The temperature on September 25, 1947 was between 3.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 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 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
    • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
    • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
    • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
    • April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
    • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.


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