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👥 Family name profile
Banks
The family name Banks occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 72 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
72
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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Commetewane 1× · 72 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Banks
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
21 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks | — | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | uit Pauwina – 1848 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | geboren 3 nov. uit Laura of Clar – overleden | ↗ |
| Banks | — | geboren uit Alida – 1838 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | Geboren van Pauwina – 1851 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 1851 – Gemanumitteerd onder den naam va | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 31 oktober 1856 – Door de afschrijving van den naa | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | 10 oktober 1856 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Banks | — | Van den naam van plantage Bentsh – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Banks Huyck Slavennaam: Banks | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Banks Markelo Slavennaam: Banks | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Benjamin Banks Welzijn Slavennaam: Banks | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| François Banks Slavennaam: De Ruiter | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sarah Banks Slavennaam: Amelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Thomas Banks Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Banks Lodewijk Gordel Slavennaam: Banks | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannis Edsinger Slavennaam: Banks | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolf Bankstein Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Banks 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.