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👥 Family name profile
Bonheur
The family name Bonheur occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 375 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
375
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× · 375 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Bonheur
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🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonheur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | Verbonden aan de P. W I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Mabonheur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Alabonheur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Alabonheur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| A la Bonheur | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van pl – Overgeschreven ten naam van de p | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Alabonheur | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Alabonheur | — | Ten name van plantage Nieuwstar – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | uit Doortje. – 1848 | ↗ |
| A la Bonheur | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – Afgeschreven, als zijnde weggelo | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | Geboren van Doortje – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| A La Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| A La Bonheur | — | 1848 – krachtens Resolutie van den 28 A | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Ala Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | Afgescheven van de Erven E H. Ta – 1851 | ↗ |
| A La Bonheur | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – Verkocht aan L. Bixbij voor den | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 8 Octr 1851. | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – Afgeschreven als zijnde weggeloo | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 5 Octr 1852. | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – Gemanumitteerd onder den naam va | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | Ingeschreven krachtens de Gouver – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| A La Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 4 dec 1854. | ↗ |
| Alabonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheure | — | 30 december 1854 – overleden 31 decemb. 1856. | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 5 April 1851. | ↗ |
| AlaBonheur | — | 1851 – Overleden 22 April 1854. | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| A la Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 16 Junij 1857. | ↗ |
| Bonheur | — | 1851 – overleden 5 Mei 1858. | ↗ |
🗄 Search Bonheur 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.