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👥 Family name profile
Moor
The family name Moor occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 367 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
367
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 1× · 249 registered enslaved persons
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Commetewane 1× · 72 registered enslaved persons
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Boven-cottica 1× · 46 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Moor
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
18 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore | KATOENPLANTAGE SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Fredrick Moore | KATOENPLANTAGE MOIJ | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| John Moore | KATOENPLANTAGE MOIJ | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Moore | SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Louisa Moor | DE DRIE GEBROEDERS | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Moortje | PENORIBO | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Moore | BURNSIDE OPPERDISTRICT | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Louisa Moor | DE DRIE GEBROEDERS | 1851 – overleden 14 Dec 1854. | ↗ |
| Moortje | PENORIBO | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Moore | BURNSIDE | 1851 – afgeschreven als weggeloopen (re | ↗ |
| Frederik Moore | MOIJ | 1851 – overleden 25 Mei 1857. | ↗ |
| Moore | SARAH | 1851 – Overleden 21 Junij 1852. | ↗ |
| Moore | BURNSIDE | 7 mei 1857 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Moor tweeling | SARAH | 29 januari 1863 – overleden 3 februarij 1863. | ↗ |
| Johannes de Moor | — | van Monkie – 1848 | ↗ |
| Moore | — | Voor den vrijdom – Vrij geworden en thans genaamd L | ↗ |
| Johannes de Moor | — | 1851 – Verkoop aan J. Robles ( ziefo. 2 | ↗ |
| Johannes de Moor | — | Aankoop van A.B. de Vries (zie f – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Moor 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.