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👥 Family name profile
Nijman
The family name Nijman occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 199 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
199
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven-cottica 1× · 199 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Nijman
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
25 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnijman | — | 1830 – overleden | ↗ |
| Philip Samuel Snijman Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antoinette Nijman Slavennaam: Antoinette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Apolonia Petronella Nijman Slavennaam: Appolonia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolus Nijman Slavennaam: Ferrier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charles Elias Nijman Slavennaam: Charles | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constant Elias Nijman Slavennaam: Constant | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorothea Nijman Slavennaam: Doserdina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eleonora Nijman Slavennaam: Elodia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Nijman Slavennaam: Betje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emanuel Nijman Slavennaam: Emanuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gerrit Izak Nijman Slavennaam: Gerrit | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Catharina Nijman Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henry David Nijman Slavennaam: October | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isabella Nijman Slavennaam: Sybelle | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan Jozef Nijman Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Nijman Slavennaam: Donna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joost Mozes Nijman Slavennaam: Joost | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Julia Nijman Slavennaam: Julia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucia Catharina Nijman Slavennaam: Lucia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rozetta Maria Nijman Slavennaam: Rozetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodora Cornelia Nijman Slavennaam: Pandora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Valentijn Emanuel Nijman Slavennaam: Valentijn | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Jacobus Nijman Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| William Nijman Slavennaam: William | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Nijman 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.