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👥 Family name profile
Oorzaam
The family name Oorzaam occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 322 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
322
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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Boven-commewijne 1× · 183 registered enslaved persons
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Perica 1× · 139 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Oorzaam
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📜 People in the Slave Register
17 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frans Anthonie Gehoorzaam Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrietta Gehoorzaam Slavennaam: Victoria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isaak Gehoorzaam Slavennaam: Damon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lazarus Gehoorzaam Slavennaam: Hazard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Celestina Oorzaam Slavennaam: Celestina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Jan Oorzaam Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Susanna Oorzaam Slavennaam: Sanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Oorzaam Slavennaam: Frits | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Oorzaam Slavennaam: Philander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Hendrik Oorzaam Slavennaam: Henrij | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josef Constant Oorzaam Slavennaam: Constant | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lydia Geertruida Oorzaam Slavennaam: Truitje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Dorothea Oorzaam Slavennaam: Dorothea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Livia Oorzaam Slavennaam: Livia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mathilda Helena Oorzaam Slavennaam: Lena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Catharina Oorzaam Slavennaam: Catootje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Matheus Oorzaam Slavennaam: Gerrit | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Oorzaam 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.