Suriname Global Group
Stichting Suriname Global Group

We maken een warme SGG-ervaring voor je klaar in de kleuren van Suriname.

Even geduld, Suriname Global Group maakt alles voor je gereed.
Skip to main content
Back to search
👥 Family name profile

Merites

Bewaar in mijn stamboom

The family name Merites occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 17 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

1
plantations
1
Occurrences
17
Registered in 1863
1
river regions
WhatsApp

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

  • Beneden-para 1× · 17 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Merites

Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.

Beneden-para
VADERZORG
17 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.

Martis 1 Marts 1 Mauritsburg 1 Martijn 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name Plantation Period Source
Coletta Emelina Merites Slavennaam: Emelina — 1863 ↗
Elisabeth Merites Slavennaam: Premiere — 1863 ↗
Job Marius Merites Slavennaam: George — 1863 ↗
Louiza Christina Merites Slavennaam: Louiza Christina — 1863 ↗
Mina Merites Slavennaam: Moffina — 1863 ↗

🗄 Search Merites 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.