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👥 Family name profile
Leter
The family name Leter occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 625 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
625
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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Boven Para 1× · 376 registered enslaved persons
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Nickerie 1× · 249 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Leter
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
22 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adriaan Leter Slavennaam: Amadeus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adriana Leter Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antoinette Leter Slavennaam: Antoinette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Leter Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiana Leter Slavennaam: Linda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constant Leter Slavennaam: Constans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelia Leter Slavennaam: Fortuna I | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Daniel Leter Slavennaam: Profiet | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dora Leter Slavennaam: Dora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgina Leter Slavennaam: Rosijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gertruida Leter Slavennaam: Hermina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Leter Slavennaam: Dientje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacques Leter Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jetta Leter Slavennaam: Minerva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lodewijk Leter Slavennaam: Bonjon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Leter Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marius Leter Slavennaam: Marius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nikolaas Leter Slavennaam: Napoleon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophia Leter Slavennaam: Patientie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| William Leter Slavennaam: Thomas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bedusa Leter Slavennaam: Bedusa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Peggy Leter Slavennaam: Peggy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Leter 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.