Lester
The family name Lester occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 227 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Suriname 1× · 227 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Lester
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🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
9 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tranquelester | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tranquelester | — | 1851 – overleden 20 Novemb 1859. | ↗ |
| Christina Lester Slavennaam: Christina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Fortuin Lester Slavennaam: Fortuin | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacques Lester Slavennaam: Jacques | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Lester Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Juliana Lester Slavennaam: Julia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mimie Lester Slavennaam: Mimie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Lester Slavennaam: Philip | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Lester in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
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