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👥 Family name profile
Wekker
The family name Wekker occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 1,050 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
1,050
Registered in 1863
2
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× · 207 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Wekker
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
19 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalia Petronella Wekker Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Wekker Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorothea Augusta Wekker Slavennaam: Augusta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Flink Wekker Slavennaam: Flink | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gertruida Sandrina Wekker Slavennaam: Sandrina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Harry Stephanus Wekker Slavennaam: Stephanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josephina Albertina Wekker Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marianna Rebecca Wekker Slavennaam: Rebecca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mentor Wekker Slavennaam: Mentor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mozes Samuel Wekker Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulus Ferrier Wekker Slavennaam: Ferrier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Peggy Wekker Slavennaam: Peggy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Lodewijk Wekker Slavennaam: Lodewijk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rotterdam Wekker Slavennaam: Rotterdam | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodorus Cornelis Wekker Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alicia Geertruida Wekker Slavennaam: Alicia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Sarah Wekker Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| James Julius Wekker Slavennaam: James | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ysansie Magdalena Wekker Slavennaam: Ysansie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Wekker 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.