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👥 Family name profile
Leer
The family name Leer occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 717 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
717
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× · 369 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 267 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-commewijne 1× · 81 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Leer
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
29 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havaleer | — | 1848 – 1850 April 15 Overleden | ↗ |
| Magdalena Charlotte Leer Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacques Victor Leerdam Slavennaam: Victor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Julia Lena Leerdam Slavennaam: Lena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Leerdam Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Elvira Leerdam Slavennaam: Elvira | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albert Eduard Leersum Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Reinier Leersum Slavennaam: Reinier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Sfleer Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clasina Lotje Leer Slavennaam: Clasina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Leerdam Slavennaam: Adriana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexandrina Leerdam Slavennaam: Emelina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augusta Leerdam Slavennaam: Antoinette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augustina Leerdam Slavennaam: Alexandrina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Doris Leerdam Slavennaam: Brutus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Leerdam Slavennaam: Evert | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gerard Leerdam Slavennaam: Gerard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Leerdam Slavennaam: Arnoldus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louis Leerdam Slavennaam: Louis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lydia Leerdam Slavennaam: Rosalina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulus Leerdam Slavennaam: Paulus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodoor Leerdam Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Leerzaam Slavennaam: Heintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Herman Petrus Stakleer Slavennaam: Herman | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marius Leer Slavennaam: Mentor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Elisabeth Leer Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Willem Vleer Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emanuel Frederik Dijfleer Slavennaam: Frederik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bertha Cornelia Fleer Slavennaam: Cornelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Leer 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.