👥 Family name profile

Matador

The family name Matador occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 142 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

142

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden - Suriname 1× · 142 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Matador

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Beneden - Suriname

MERVEILLE

142 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

13 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Matador	—	1838 – overleden	↗
Matador	—	1838 – Aan den minderjarigen. P F de Fr	↗
Matador	—	Terug gekocht van de plantage Va – 1848	↗
Matador	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Matador	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Matador	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Matador	—	1851 – van dit hoofd af- en overgeschre	↗
Matador	—	van den naam van plant Rodenburg – 1 juli 1863	↗
Matador	—	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Matador	—	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Frederik Matador Doesburg Slavennaam: Matador	—	1863	↗
Batavia Petrus Matador Slavennaam: Batavia	—	1863	↗
Philip Matador Slavennaam: Philip	—	1863	↗

🗄 Search Matador 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.