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👥 Family name profile
Held
The family name Held occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 404 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
404
Registered in 1863
3
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× · 207 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 115 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 82 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Held
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
44 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Held de la Manche | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Caro Johanna Gerheldus Slavennaam: Caro | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gersina Carolina Gerheldus Slavennaam: Gersina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Andrea Held Slavennaam: Andrea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Held Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mimie Held Slavennaam: Mimie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Urania Held Slavennaam: Urania | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermanus Benjamin Helderberg Slavennaam: Hermanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bernhardina Helder, de Slavennaam: Bernhardina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Helder, de Slavennaam: Christina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgtina Bebe Helder, de Slavennaam: Bebe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philippus Helder, de Slavennaam: Philippus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philippus August Helder, de Slavennaam: August | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dahlia Helding Slavennaam: Dahlia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Cato Helding Slavennaam: Cato | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Pluto Helding Slavennaam: Pluto | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Helder Slavennaam: Sanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augustina Helder Slavennaam: Dora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisa Helder Slavennaam: Margaretha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeremias Helder Slavennaam: Ali | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jonas Helder Slavennaam: Carolus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josef Helder Slavennaam: Josef | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophie Helder Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Leopold Helder Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Salomon Helder Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Helder Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sybille Augusta Helder Slavennaam: Sybille | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Frederika Helder Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeanne Held Slavennaam: Dido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Held Slavennaam: Cent | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Beudeker Christiaan Schelde, de Slavennaam: Beudeker | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amuletta Held Slavennaam: Amuletta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bella Carolina Held Slavennaam: Bella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Edwin Held Slavennaam: Edwin | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eva Held Slavennaam: Eva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan Philemon Held Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Held Slavennaam: Joseph | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mary Rebecca Held Slavennaam: Mary | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nancy Adolphina Held Slavennaam: Nancy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Waterloo Jonas Held Slavennaam: Waterloo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dido Tientje Helder, de Slavennaam: Dido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Ceder Slavennaam: Held de la Mancha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marcus Heldritch Slavennaam: Marcus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Peggy Heldritch Slavennaam: Peggy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Held 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.