Family tree Ype Ypes (waaronder van der Meulen) » Simke Postema (1816-1903)

Personal data Simke Postema 

  • He was born in the year 1816 in Sneek.
  • He died on May 20, 1903 in Sneek, he was 87 years old.
  • This information was last updated on September 25, 2008.

Household of Simke Postema

(1) He is married to Trijntie Dijkstra.

They got married


(2) He is married to Hendrikje Haarsma.

They got married on May 27, 1866 at Sneek, he was 50 years old.


Notes about Simke Postema

weduwenaar.
neemt mee de kinderen,

Pieter, 1830,
Wypkje, 1842.
Akke, 1844,
Trijntje, 1847-1849,
Trijntje, 1850-1885,
Paulus, 1853,
Fokeltje, 1854,
Aukje, 1857.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on May 20, 1903 was between 0.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.


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