👥 Family name profile

Fortune

The family name Fortune occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 249 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

249

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× · 249 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Fortune

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Nickerie

WATERLOO

249 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MOIJ	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortune	KATOENPLANTAGE MOIJ	1830 – 1838	↗
Fortunesse	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – 1851	↗
Fortune	BELLEVUE OPPERDISTRICT	1848 – 1851	↗
Fortune	CLIJDE OPPERDISTRICT	1848 – 1850 November 9 Overleden	↗
Fortune	HAMPTONCOURT NEDERDISTRICT	1848 – 1851	↗
Fortunesse	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – overleden 4 maart 1860.	↗
Fortune	BELLEVUE	1851 – overleden 6 Novemb 1859.	↗
Fortune	HAMPTONCOURT	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Red Fortune	MARIJ'S HOPE	1851 – Afgeschreven, krachtens de Gouv.	↗
Fortune	MOIJ	1851 – overleden 10 Aug. 1852.	↗
Fortune	NURSERIJ	1851 – overleden 2 Septr 1856.	↗
Mac Fortune	NURSERIJ	1851 – overleden 21 Novemb 1852.	↗
Fortune	NURSERIJ	30 oktober 1860 – overleden 17 October 1860.	↗
Fortune	—	op heden den 31 Januarij 1829 do – 1838	↗
Fortune	—	1830 – Deze geheele opgave vervalt zie	↗
Fortune	—	9 Nov 1838 In executie voor den – Overgeschreven ten name van John	↗
Fortune	—	Afgeschreven van den boedel J L – overleden	↗
Fortune	—	Deze slaaf is overgenomen van he – 1851	↗
Fortune	—	Van Wm IJoung – 1848	↗
Fortune	—	Gekocht van Johan Bent op voorwa – overleden	↗
Fortune	—	1851 – Overleden 19 Novemb. 1851.	↗
Fortune	—	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Fortune 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.