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👥 Family name profile
Roost
The family name Roost occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 181 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
181
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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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 181 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Roost
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthoinette Venus Troost Slavennaam: Venus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Hercules Troost Slavennaam: Hercules | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hazard Troosting Slavennaam: Hazard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam Nicolaas Roost Slavennaam: Amsterdam | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antje Roost Slavennaam: Antje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Diana Catharina Roost Slavennaam: Diana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorothea Adolphina Roost Slavennaam: Dorothea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Martinus Roost Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Gabriel Roost Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Klaas Paulus Roost Slavennaam: Klaas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Minerva Josephina Roost Slavennaam: Minerva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catharina Lea Troost Slavennaam: Catharina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan Plezier Troost Slavennaam: Jan Plezier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nelson Troost Slavennaam: Nelson | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emanuel Droost Slavennaam: Emanuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans Droost Slavennaam: Bernardus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gideon Droost Slavennaam: Kees | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacoba Droost Slavennaam: Aspesia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Droost Slavennaam: Rebecca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans Troost Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mattheus Troosten Slavennaam: Dirk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Roostak Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marquis Roostak Slavennaam: Marquis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Roostak Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Misdijkes Charlotte Troost Slavennaam: Misdijkes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Roost 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.