👥 Family name profile

Gard

The family name Gard occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 181 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

181

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-commewijne 1× · 181 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Gard

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Beneden-commewijne

LELIENDAAL

181 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Slengarde	SARAH OPPERDISTRICT	1838 – 1848	↗
Gardemedes	HOUTGROND WILHELMINA CATHARINA FREDERICA	1848 – 1851	↗
Gardemedes	HOUTGROND WILHELMINA CATHARINA FREDERICA	1851 – overleden 7 Septemb 1862.	↗
Slengarde	SARAH	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Dongard	—	1830 – beide deze slaven den 3 Augs 183	↗
Edgard Stephan	—	Aankoop bij executie van J. J. e – verkoop aan Helena Welstach ( Zi	↗
Edgard	—	3 december 1852 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Edgard Stephan	—	12 augustus 1852 – verkoop aan G. H. L Bakker voor	↗
Hagard	—	1851 – overleden 28 Decemb 1861.	↗
Edgard Stephan	—	Aankoop van G H. L Bakker (Zie f – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Gard 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.