👥 Family name profile

Glasgow

The family name Glasgow occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 447 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

447

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× · 447 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Glasgow

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Beneden-commewijne

(DE) RESOLUTIE

447 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Glasgow	L'ESPERANCE	1838 – overleden	↗
Glasgow	KATOENPLANTAGE FORGUE	1830 – 1838	↗
Glasgow	KATOENPLANTAGE INVERNESS	1830 – 1838	↗
Glasgow	HAZARD NEDERDISTRICT	Van plantage Forgue af- en alhie – 1848	↗
Glasgow	INVERNESS	1851 – Overleden 6 Junij 1853.	↗
Glasgow	LOTLAND NO 34	1851 – Overleden 24 Julij 1854.	↗

🗄 Search Glasgow 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.