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👥 Family name profile

Hernest

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The family name Hernest occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 127 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
127
Registered in 1863
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river regions
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🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

  • Beneden-commewijne 1× · 127 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Hernest

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Beneden-commewijne
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127 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.

Haringcarspel 1 Heernsch 1 Hornes 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name Plantation Period Source
Hernestus — verkregen van P. Maij gg de Erve – 1 juli 1863 ↗
Hernestus — 1838 – 1848 ↗
Hernestus — 1848 – 1851 ↗
Hernestus — 1851 – overgeschreven ten name van plan ↗
Nathanael Hernest Slavennaam: Casimir — 1863 ↗
Hendrik Huidspier Slavennaam: Hernestus — 1863 ↗

🗄 Search Hernest 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.