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👥 Family name profile
Beers
The family name Beers occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 557 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
557
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 267 registered enslaved persons
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Matappica 1× · 189 registered enslaved persons
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Commetewane 1× · 101 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Beers
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
22 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessie Catrijntje Beers Slavennaam: Bessie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charles William Beers Slavennaam: Charles | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans David Beers Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kwassie Johannes Beers Slavennaam: Kwassie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adriana Beers Slavennaam: Adriana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alijda Beers Slavennaam: Alijda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthonia Paulina Beers Slavennaam: Paulina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catharina Patientie Beers Slavennaam: Patientie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgtina Regina Beers Slavennaam: Regina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Francina Beers Slavennaam: Francina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Beers Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Mageton Beers Slavennaam: Mageton | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Beers Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Noach Beers Slavennaam: Adonis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolf Beers Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Abraham Beerstag Slavennaam: Abraham | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floris Beerstag Slavennaam: Floris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Beerstag Slavennaam: Favoriet | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeannette Beerstag Slavennaam: Sina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Beerstag Slavennaam: Magdalena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Beerstag Slavennaam: Zwaantje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adelaide Stroefbeers Slavennaam: Adelaide | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Beers 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.