👥 Family name profile

Kort

The family name Kort occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 718 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

718

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Matappica 1× · 356 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para 1× · 263 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-commewijne 1× · 99 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Kort

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Matappica

BADENSTEIN

356 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-para

HOUTTUIN

263 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

MARIENBURG

99 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Antje / korte /	DE HOOP THORARICA	1838 – 1848	↗
Gt Korthouwer	DIJKVELD	1848 – 1851	↗
Antje korte	DE HOOP	1848 – Overleden	↗
Kortevreugd	ST. BARBARA	van den naam plantage Kortevreug – overleden 21 Maart 1855.	↗
Heintje (korte)	ST. BARBARA	van den naam plantage Kortevreug – 1 juli 1863	↗
Gt Korthouwer	DIJKVELD	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Kortevreugd	KORTEVREUGD	1851 – van dit hoofd af- op dat van pla	↗
Heintje (Korte)	KORTEVREUGD	1851 – van dit hoofd af- op dat van pla	↗
Kortes	—	1838 – overleden	↗

🗄 Search Kort 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.