👥 Family name profile

Alva

The family name Alva occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 190 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

190

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-para 1× · 190 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Alva

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Beneden-para

LA RENCONTRE

190 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

6 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Salvador	BREDA	uit Justina – 1848	↗
Salvadora	GEERTRUIDENBERG	1838 – overleden	↗
Salvador	BREDA	1848 – Vrij geworden en thans genaamd:	↗
Alvarez	BURNSIDE	27 augustus 1862 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Alvaro	—	Afgeschreven van plantage Lelie – aan Ab. A. Thurkow	↗
Alvaro	—	Blijkens de aangifte dd 3 April – Blijkens de aangifte dd 3 April	↗

🗄 Search Alva 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.