👥 Family name profile

Mels

The family name Mels occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 145 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

145

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Boven Suriname 1× · 145 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Mels

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Boven Suriname

GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP

145 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Somelsdijk	ZEEZIGT	1848 – 1851	↗
Somelsdijk	ZEEZIGT	1851 – Van den naam van plantage Zeezig	↗
Somelsdijk	KROONENBURG	Van den naam van plantage Zeezig – 1 juli 1863	↗
Mels Hermanus	—	geboren uit Adrianna. – 30. sept 1837 overleden	↗
Sommelsdijk	—	21 augustus 1852 – Gemanumitteerd onder den naam va	↗

🗄 Search Mels 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.