👥 Family name profile

Walter

The family name Walter occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 136 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

136

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Commetewane 1× · 94 registered enslaved persons
Nickerie 1× · 42 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Walter

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Commetewane

SLOOTWIJK

94 registered enslaved persons

Nickerie

NIEUW ROTTERDAM II

42 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

8 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Walter	L'AVENTUUR	1838 – 1848	↗
Walter	BARBADOS	22 januari 1857 – overleden 10 decemb 1857.	↗
Walter	JOHANNA CHARLOTTE	25 augustus 1856 – overleden 9 august. 1856.	↗
Walter	BELLEVUE	22 november 1853 – Gemanumitteerd onder den naam va	↗
Walter	HOOIJLAND	plantage Somerzorg – overleden 16 decemb 1860.	↗
Walter	—	geboren uit Martha – 1838	↗
Walter	—	uit Martha – Aan H Wright	↗
Walter	—	15 maart 1853 – overleden 28 Mei 1853.	↗

🗄 Search Walter 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.