👥 Family name profile

Kroes

The family name Kroes occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 308 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

308

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× · 308 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Kroes

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Beneden-commewijne

BROUWERSLUST

308 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

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

Kerk 4 Kras 3 Kierse 2 Kruik 2 Gras 2 Kers 2 Kirch 1 Koharij 1 Kors 1 Korus 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Antoinette Kroes Slavennaam: Antoinette	—	1863	↗
August Pietje Kroes Slavennaam: Pietje	—	1863	↗
Catharina Kroes Slavennaam: Catharina	—	1863	↗
Geertruida Seraphina Kroes Slavennaam: Seraphina	—	1863	↗
Hendrina Lena Kroes Slavennaam: Lena	—	1863	↗
James Jacob Kroes Slavennaam: Jacob	—	1863	↗
Mina Coba Kroes Slavennaam: Coba	—	1863	↗
Nicodemus Frans Kroes Slavennaam: Frans	—	1863	↗
Paulus Kroes Slavennaam: Paulus	—	1863	↗
Adriaan Kroese Doriman Slavennaam: Adriaan	—	1863	↗
Johannes Albert Kroes Slavennaam: Johannes	—	1863	↗
Wellington Nicolaas Kroesbeek Slavennaam: Wellington	—	1863	↗

🗄 Search Kroes 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.