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👥 Family name profile
Bruce
The family name Bruce occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 152 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
152
Registered in 1863
1
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 2× · 152 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Bruce
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
27 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce | — | uit Tina – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | Afgeschreven van plantage Glouch – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | Van plantage Providence af - en – overleden | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | Van plantage Forgue af- en alhie – overleden | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 6 maart 1854 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1851 – overleden 1 October 1862. | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 4 juli 1833 in executie genomen – 19 Dec. 1833 verkocht aan C. Cam | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1838 – Aan boedel T B Parrij bij Execut | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | van J. Mackillop en J IJoung bij – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | Gekocht van Johan Bent op voorwa – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bruce | — | 1851 – overleden 19 Maart 1852. | ↗ |
| Maria Bruce Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce Cornelis Jameson Slavennaam: Bruce | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Primo Nicodemus Bruce Slavennaam: Primo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wallace Augustinus Bruce Slavennaam: Wallace | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce Marcus Tol Slavennaam: Bruce | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cadet Bruinhart Slavennaam: Bruce | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bruce Kingoe Slavennaam: Bruce | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Bruce 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.