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👥 Family name profile
Gala
The family name Gala occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 39 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
39
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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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 39 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Gala
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
45 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galathea | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Galant | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Galatea | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | uit Minerva. – overleden | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – 1850 December 31 Overleden | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Galant | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galant | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 22 mei 1857 – Van dit hoofd af - en overgeschr | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – In ruiling afgestaan voor den vr | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – van dit hoofd af- op dat van pla | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – Van dit hoofd af- en overgeschre | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – overleden 11 februarij 1862. | ↗ |
| Galant | — | 1851 – overleden 23 Augs 1861. | ↗ |
| Vigalant | — | 1851 – overleden 12 October 1854. | ↗ |
| Galant | — | 1851 – overleden 3 October 1860. | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – Van den naam van plantage Zeezig | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | van den naam plantage Kortevreug – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | Van het hoofd van plantage Nieuw – overleden 30 Novbr 1855. | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1 februari 1861 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | van den naam van Plantage Driesv – afgeschreven krachtens de GR dd | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | Van den naam van plantage Zeezig – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Galant | — | Gekogt van H Lemmers en Echtgeno – den 28e dc 1830 verkogt aan F J | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | behoort aan A M. Linck – 1838 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1838 – Besmet verklaard, en naar Batavi | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1830 – Deze geheele opgave vervalt daar | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | 1851 – overleden 10 Julij 1856. | ↗ |
| Galathea | — | verkregen van plantage Frederiks – gemanumitteerd onder den naam va | ↗ |
| Galathea Everd Slavennaam: Galathea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Matrese Slavennaam: Galathea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Galathea Potterse Slavennaam: Margo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrietta Galatea Blazers Slavennaam: Galatea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cupido Christiaan Gala Slavennaam: Cupido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Galathea Tulip Slavennaam: Galathea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Gala 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.