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👥 Family name profile
Alken
The family name Alken occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 29 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
29
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 1× · 29 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Alken
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
33 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkentein | — | Op den 12 sept.1827. bij onderst – Bij excecutie verkocht aan P P T | ↗ |
| Walkenstein | — | Gekocht van J. P Tafares – 1838 | ↗ |
| Adriana Falkenstein Slavennaam: Abigael | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Aletta Balken Slavennaam: Aletta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Balken Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| August Alken Slavennaam: August | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augusta Alken Slavennaam: Augusta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Alken Slavennaam: Christina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Alken Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Alken Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Alken Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| James Alken Slavennaam: James | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jane Alken Slavennaam: Jane | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kate Alken Slavennaam: Kate | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucy Elisabeth Alken Slavennaam: Lucy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Madeleine Alken Slavennaam: Madeleine | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Peggy Alken Slavennaam: Peggy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Princess Alken Slavennaam: Princess | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Roderick Alken Slavennaam: Roderick | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rose Alken Slavennaam: Rose | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Alken Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophia Alken Slavennaam: Sophia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Tom Alken Slavennaam: Tom | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Alken Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Walkenson Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mathilde Walkenson Slavennaam: Mathilde | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Thomas Walkenson Slavennaam: Thomas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Falkenstein Slavennaam: Toontje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Falkenstein Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Alexander Falkenstein Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Falkenstein Slavennaam: Seba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philippina Falkenstein Slavennaam: Philippina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Regina Falkenstein Slavennaam: Regina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Alken in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.