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👥 Family name profile
Lems
The family name Lems occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 511 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
511
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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Boven-cottica 1× · 266 registered enslaved persons
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Boven Suriname 1× · 145 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 100 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Lems
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
25 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justinus Louis Willemson Slavennaam: Louis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Celemsina Kientoe Slavennaam: Celemsina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martina Emelie Lems Slavennaam: Martina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Premiere Emelina Lems Slavennaam: Premiere | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Margaretha Lems Slavennaam: Coba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Matthijs Lems Slavennaam: Matthijs | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jansje Willems Slavennaam: Jansje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Klaas Willems Slavennaam: Verwachting | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucia Willems Slavennaam: Lucia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacoba Willemsberg Slavennaam: Nelly | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Willemsberg Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Benjamin Willemstad Slavennaam: Michael | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Lems Slavennaam: Azia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Lems Slavennaam: Mariaantje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Buonaparte Willems Slavennaam: Buonaparte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Willems Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Chatwell Willems Slavennaam: Chatwell | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emanuel Willems Slavennaam: Uncle | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Willems Slavennaam: Frederik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Harris Willems Slavennaam: Harris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isaac Willems Slavennaam: Champaigne | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeannette Willems Slavennaam: Jeannette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lidy Hagar Willems Slavennaam: Lidy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Lems Slavennaam: Jacob | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sina Lems Slavennaam: Sina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Lems 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.