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👥 Family name profile
Kwist
The family name Kwist occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 450 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
450
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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Beneden-para 1× · 263 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 187 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Kwist
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
18 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Kwist Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Kwist Slavennaam: Christina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans Kwist Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik George Kwist Slavennaam: Hendrik George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrika Kwist Slavennaam: Hendrika | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermanus Kwist Slavennaam: Hermanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Kwist Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan Kwist Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Albert Kwist Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Julius Napoleon Kwist Slavennaam: Julius Napoleon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ketty Kwist Slavennaam: Ketty | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Laurence Johanna Kwist Slavennaam: Laurence Johanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Kwist Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marie Kwist Slavennaam: Marie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mietje Kwist Slavennaam: Mietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Kwist Slavennaam: Paulina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Kwist Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgina Kwist Slavennaam: Luna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Kwist 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.