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👥 Family name profile
Rigters
The family name Rigters occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 19 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
19
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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Nickerie 1× · 19 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Rigters
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🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
38 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Elisabeth Rigters Slavennaam: Amelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Magdalena Rigters Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anne Elisabeth Rigters Slavennaam: Anne | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Belvidera Rigters Slavennaam: Belvidera | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charley Elias Rigters Slavennaam: Charley | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantia Elisabeth Rigters Slavennaam: Constantia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cruden Samuel Rigters Slavennaam: Cruden | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Rigters Slavennaam: David | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorothy Rigters Slavennaam: Dorotheij | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Rigters Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eva Rigters Slavennaam: Eva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ferdinand Rigters Slavennaam: Ferdinand | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francina Betsy Rigters Slavennaam: Francina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francis David Rigters Slavennaam: Francis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gabriel Rigters Slavennaam: Gabriel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Joseph Rigters Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Rigters Slavennaam: Henrietta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacoba Rigters Slavennaam: Jacoba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| James Rigters Slavennaam: James | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jane Rigters Slavennaam: Jane | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeannette Johanna Rigters Slavennaam: Jeannette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Rigters Slavennaam: Johanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| John Lucas Rigters Slavennaam: John | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johnston David Rigters Slavennaam: Johnston | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Leander Rigters Slavennaam: Leander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Malvina Rigters Slavennaam: Malvina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Rigters Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Rigters Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mary Ann Jacquelina Rigters Slavennaam: Mary Ann | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nelly Josephina Rigters Slavennaam: Nellij | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicodemus Petrus Rigters Slavennaam: Nicodemus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Rigters Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philippina Rigters Slavennaam: Philippina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rebecca Maria Rigters Slavennaam: Rebecca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rosa Philippina Rigters Slavennaam: Rosa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Samuel Rigters Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Smith Nicodemus Rigters Slavennaam: Smith | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Timotheus Rigters Slavennaam: Timotheus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Rigters 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
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