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👥 Family name profile
Meer
The family name Meer occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 820 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
820
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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Beneden-commewijne 2× · 593 registered enslaved persons
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Boven Suriname 1× · 227 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Meer
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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
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meerie | — | Uit Flora. – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Meerie | — | Afgeschreven van de plantage Bro – 1848 | ↗ |
| V: d: Meer | — | 30 september 1851 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Meerzorg | — | 1851 – Overleden 26 December 1854. | ↗ |
| v d Meer | — | 30 september 1851 – overleden 25 Junij 1853. | ↗ |
| Vander Meer | — | 27 juni 1855 – overleden 14 Maart 1857. | ↗ |
| Meerie | — | 18 januari 1859 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Meerja | — | bij executieve verkoop van den b – 1848 | ↗ |
| Meerja | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Meerja | — | 1851 – overleden 12 Junij 1855. | ↗ |
| Christina Anthoinette Heesmeer Slavennaam: Anthoinetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Barones Meer Slavennaam: Barones | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Donetia Meer Slavennaam: Donetia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ernestina Meer Slavennaam: Ernestina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Harriette Meer Slavennaam: Harriette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Meer Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Meer Slavennaam: Philip | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Spadille Meer Slavennaam: Spadille | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Venus Meer Slavennaam: Venus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexandrina Frederica Meerberg Slavennaam: Frederica | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marianna Elisabeth Meerberg Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan Meeren Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kaatje Meeren Slavennaam: Kaatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ongeluk Meeren Slavennaam: Ongeluk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Abel Meerveld Slavennaam: Abel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Meerveld Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorina Meerveld Slavennaam: Dorie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marie Rozenblad Slavennaam: Meerie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Bevermeer Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Bevermeer Slavennaam: Frederik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Grietje Maria Bevermeer Slavennaam: Grietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Bevermeer Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Zacharias Boxmeer Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeannette Elisabeth van Meer Slavennaam: Jeannette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Meer Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Calesta Meer Slavennaam: Calesta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Meer Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Meer Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Elisabeth Meer Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Samuel Meer Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theresa Meer Slavennaam: Theresa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louis David Meerberg Slavennaam: Louis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nancy Louisa Meerso Slavennaam: Nansy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Boksmeer Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Annatje Boksmeer Slavennaam: Annatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Caprice Constantie Boksmeer Slavennaam: Caprice | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolus Boksmeer Slavennaam: Carolus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Crisje Boksmeer Slavennaam: Crisje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucretia Helena Boksmeer Slavennaam: Lucretia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marius Martinus Boksmeer Slavennaam: Marius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Meer 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
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