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👥 Family name profile
Dijk
The family name Dijk occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 359 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
359
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Suriname 1× · 243 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 116 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Dijk
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misdijker | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Misdijkes | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Somelsdijk | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Misdijkes | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Somelsdijk | — | 1851 – Van den naam van plantage Zeezig | ↗ |
| Somelsdijk | — | Van den naam van plantage Zeezig – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Sommelsdijk | — | 21 augustus 1852 – Gemanumitteerd onder den naam va | ↗ |
| Bienvenu Dijkgraaf Slavennaam: Bienvenu | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Matthijs Dijkgraaf Slavennaam: Matthijs | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clara Koodijk Slavennaam: Clara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermina Sara Koodijk Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sommelsdijk Milton Slavennaam: Sommelsdijk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adelaide Nijendijk Slavennaam: Adelaide | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clarijntje Nijendijk Slavennaam: Clarijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Jeanette Nijendijk Slavennaam: Jeanette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Nijendijk Slavennaam: Henriette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Lucia Nijendijk Slavennaam: Lucia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mathijs Nijendijk Slavennaam: Mathijs | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lea Cicilia Rietdijk Slavennaam: Cicilia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louiza Trui Stormdijk Slavennaam: Trui | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catharina Sophietje Waaldijk Slavennaam: Sophietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jansie Waaldijk Slavennaam: Jansie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Juliaan Waaldijk Slavennaam: Juliaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kees Waaldijk Slavennaam: Kees | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lorentia Waaldijk Slavennaam: Lorentia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Waaldijk Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacquelina Dijkenveld Slavennaam: Jacquelina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexander Maarten Dijker Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alphonse Johannes Dijker Slavennaam: Alphonse | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martina Maria Dijker Slavennaam: Martina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgina Elsdijk Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Christina Elsdijk Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Elsdijk Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lotje Francina Eversdijk Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Harriette Soesdijk Slavennaam: Esther | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermanus Julius Soesdijk Slavennaam: Hermanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Sophia Soesdijk Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Stoldijk Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Madelijntje Maria Stoldijk Slavennaam: Madelijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Harlequin Zebedeus Dijkgraaf Slavennaam: Harlequin | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Richard Samuel Dijkgraaf Slavennaam: Richard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cicero Abraham Dijkwel Slavennaam: Cicero | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Hofdijk Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantia Hofdijk Slavennaam: Constantie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucia Hofdijk Slavennaam: Lucia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rebecca Hofdijk Slavennaam: Rebecca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Ida Hofdijk Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clemens IJzendijk Slavennaam: Clemens | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jaauw IJzendijk Slavennaam: Jaauw | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marius IJzendijk Slavennaam: Marius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Dijk 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.