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👥 Family name profile

Werkman

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The family name Werkman occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 402 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

2
plantations
2
Occurrences
402
Registered in 1863
1
river regions
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🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

  • Beneden-para 2× · 402 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Werkman

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Beneden-para
HOUTTUIN
263 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para
ACCARIBO
139 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.

Werkzaam 3 Waarsink 1 Weerkom 1 Werkzam 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name Plantation Period Source
Clementina Werkman Slavennaam: Lucretie — 1863 ↗
Elisabeth Werkman Slavennaam: Gerharda — 1863 ↗
Manuel Werkman Slavennaam: Ducker — 1863 ↗
Maria Werkman Slavennaam: Fortuna — 1863 ↗

🗄 Search Werkman 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.