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🟣 Anna Postma

Age: 25y, 7m, 6d

Daughter of Hendrik Jakob Postma and Ida Olthof

📆 Events

  • Birth
    Date: 26 SEP 1890, Age:
    Place: Michigan, United States
  • Residence
    Date: 1894, Age: 3y, 2m, 4d
    Place: Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Residence
    Date: 29 JUN 1900, Age: 9y, 9m, 3d
    Place: Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Residence
    Date: 1910, Age: 19y, 2m, 4d
    Place: Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Death
    Date: 02 MAY 1916, Age: 25y, 7m, 6d
    Place: Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, USA
  • Burial
    Date: 07 MAY 1916, Age: 25y, 7m, 11d
    Place: Pine Hill Cemetery, Kentwood, Kent, Michigan, USA

📰 Event Sources

Birth, 26 SEP 1890

  • Michigan, U.S., Birth Records, 1867-1914

Name: Anna Postema
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1890
Birth Place: Michigan, USA
Father: Henry Postema
Mother: Ida Postema
Jurisdiction Number: 4421
Reference Number: 79

Residence, 1894

  • 1894 Michigan State Census

Name: Anna Postma
Sex: Female
Age: 3
Residence Place: Gaines, Kent, Michigan, United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Event Type: Census
Event Place: Gaines, Kent, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Gaines, Kent, Michigan, United States
Line Number: 13
Page Number: 1
Microfilm Number: 984658
Indexing Batch: N04014-8

Residence, 29 JUN 1900

  • 1900 US Census

Name: Anna Postma
Sex: Female
Age: 9
Birth Date: September 1891
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Holland
Mother's Birthplace: Holland
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Gaines Township, Kent, Michigan, United States
Line Number: 15
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 13

Residence, 1910

  • 1910 US Census

Death, 02 MAY 1916

  • Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950

Name: Anna Postma
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: Sep, 1890
Birth Place: Michigan
Death Date: 2 May 1916
Death Place: Gaines, Kent, Michigan, USA
Death Age: 25
File Number: 139
Father: Hendrick Postma
Mother: Ida Olthof

  • Michigan Death Certificates

State of Michigan

Department of State -- Division of Vital Statistics

Transcript of Certificate of Death

Registered No. 10

Place of Death

County: Kent

Township/Village/City: Gaines

Full Name: Anna Postma

Personal and Statistical Particulars

Sex: Female
Color/Race: White
Date of Birth: Sep 26, 1890
Aged: 25 yrs 7 mos 5 days
Single/Married/Widowed/Divorsed: Single
Birthplace: Michigan
Name of Father: Hendrik Postma
Birtplace of Father: Netherlands
Maiden Name of Mother: Ida Olthof
Birthplace of Mother: Netherlands
Occupation: Domestic

Medical Certificate of Death

Date of Death: May 2, 1916

Cause of Death: I hereby certify, that I attended deceased from Aug. 5, 1915, to May 3, 1916, that I last saw her alive on May. 1, 1916, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 2:30 pm. The cause of death was as follows: ???

Place of Burial or Removal: Pine Hill
Date of Burial: May 5, 1916

Filed: May 4, 1916

  • The Grand Rapids Herald - 4 May 1916

ANNA POSTMA
Anna Postma, 25 years old, died Thursday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Postma, in Gaines township. Funeral services will beheld at the residence Friday, at 13 o'clock and at the Kellogsville Christian Reformed church at 2 o'clock. Interment in Pine Hill Cemetery.

Burial, 07 MAY 1916

  • Pine Hill Cemetery, Personal Visit

Postma, Anna
Daughter of Henry & Ida Postma
b: 1890; d: 1916

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