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👥 Family name profile
Schans
The family name Schans occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 84 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
84
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-commewijne 1× · 84 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Schans
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
12 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Schansebach | — | 1830 – Verkogt aan D. I. Lobo Jr. | ↗ |
| Clasina Schans Slavennaam: Clasina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isabella Schans Slavennaam: Isabella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Schans Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lambertus Schans Slavennaam: Lambertus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Schans Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Susanna Schans Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ernestina Cornelia Bouderschans Slavennaam: Cornelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Bouderschans Slavennaam: Cupido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Leopold Bouderschans Slavennaam: Lebien | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lydia Charlotte Bouderschans Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maurits Bouderschans Slavennaam: Ovidius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Schans 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.