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👥 Family name profile
Rees
The family name Rees occurs on 4 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 1,213 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
4
plantations
4
Occurrences
1,213
Registered in 1863
4
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden-commewijne 1× · 843 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 148 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 121 registered enslaved persons
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Commetewane 1× · 101 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Rees
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
31 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreesje | — | van den naam van plantage Livoni – overleden 27 Decemb 1861. | ↗ |
| Andries of Dreessie | — | 1838 – Aan den minderjarigen A. C. F. L | ↗ |
| Aletta Andresa Rees Slavennaam: Andresa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Carolus Rees Slavennaam: Carolus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Premier Rees Slavennaam: Premier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Darius Rees Slavennaam: Darius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floris Rees Slavennaam: Floris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lucas Kwassie Rees Slavennaam: Kwassie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mariaantje Wilhelmina Rees Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rebekka Helena Rees Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Zacharias Simon Rees Slavennaam: Simon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Zacheus La Fleur Rees Slavennaam: La Fleur | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Patent Vreeswijk Slavennaam: Patent | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isaak Reessen Slavennaam: Koning | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Rees Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Rees Slavennaam: Kaatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martinus Rees Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amelia Rees Slavennaam: Theresia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emma Rees Slavennaam: Christiana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeremias Rees Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Rees Slavennaam: Egmond | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Salomé Rees Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Samuel Rees Slavennaam: Lodewijk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Guillaume Thomas Rees Slavennaam: Guillaume | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lotje Magdalena Rees Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lea Reeshaak Slavennaam: Bellona | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Cecilia Morees Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ferdinand Morees Slavennaam: Ferdinand | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Trobie Salomon Morees Slavennaam: Trobie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthonie Johannis Reesen Slavennaam: Anthonie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Freescart Slavennaam: Verdriet | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Rees 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.