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👥 Family name profile
Gras
The family name Gras occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 493 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
493
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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Matappica 1× · 356 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 137 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Gras
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasia | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Grasia | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Grasia | — | 1830 – Verkogt op den 8 Maart aan James | ↗ |
| Grasia | — | 1838 – Aan plantage Alkmaar | ↗ |
| Grasia | — | 1838 – Aan de weduwe Barends bij Execut | ↗ |
| Grasia | — | Voor de vrijdom. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Annette Gras Slavennaam: Annette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catrijntje Gracia Grascias Slavennaam: Catrentje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelia Elena Grascias Slavennaam: Cornelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Christiana Grascias Slavennaam: Chrissiana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francina Elisabeth Grascias Slavennaam: Franscina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francois Grascias Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marie Charlotte Grascias Slavennaam: Marie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Susanna Josephina Grascias Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Doortje Johanna Grasma Slavennaam: Doortje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hope Grasma Slavennaam: Hope | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nelson Grasma Slavennaam: Nelson | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Assemia Peternella Grasvink Slavennaam: Assemia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Grasvink Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Henriette Grasvink Slavennaam: Christina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Grasvink Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Heintje Grasvink Slavennaam: Heintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermanus Leonard Grasvink Slavennaam: Hermanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josephina Jacoba Grasvink Slavennaam: Josephina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| La Rose Grasvink Slavennaam: La Rose | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Madelijntje Charlotte Grasvink Slavennaam: Madelijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicodemus Benjamin Grasvink Slavennaam: Nicodemus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolf Emanuel Grasvink Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Xantippe Grasvink Slavennaam: Xantippe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antoinetta Agnetta Gras Slavennaam: Agnetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Castor Gras Slavennaam: Castor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elias Bonaparte Grasveld Slavennaam: Bonaparte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexander Grashalm Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adolf Grasveld Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantia Florentina Grasboker Slavennaam: Florentina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Daniel Grasboker Slavennaam: Daniel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertus Grasmand Slavennaam: April | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martinus Paulus Graswoud Slavennaam: Martinus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albert Paul Somergras Slavennaam: Paulus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Aletta Somergras Slavennaam: Aletta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Muselina Somergras Slavennaam: Muselina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiana Jeannette Somergras Slavennaam: Jeannette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans Johannes Somergras Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Francina Somergras Slavennaam: Francina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Hendrik Somergras Slavennaam: Heintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johan Adriaan Somergras Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Flora Somergras Slavennaam: Flora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Alexander Somergras Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lodewijk Somergras Slavennaam: Lodewijk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gerrit Eduard Gras Slavennaam: Gerrit | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Gras 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.