👥 Family name profile

Bridge

The family name Bridge 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.

plantations

Occurrences

375

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Nickerie 1× · 375 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Bridge

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Nickerie

PARADISE

375 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Bridgewater	SUIKERPLANTAGE KROONENBURG	1830 – 1838	↗
Bridget	HAZARD NEDERDISTRICT	1848 – 1851	↗
Bridget	HAZARD	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Bridget	NURSERIJ	1851 – overleden 18 Febrij 1854.	↗
Bridgett	NURSERIJ	4 mei 1854 – overleden 31 Januarij 1855.	↗
Bridget	UNION 2/3	1851 – Van dit hoofd van plantage Union	↗
Bridget	PARADIZE	Van den naam van plantage Union – 1 juli 1863	↗
Bridgette	—	1830 – 1838	↗

🗄 Search Bridge 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.