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👥 Family name profile
Willig
The family name Willig occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 652 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
652
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 1× · 320 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-commewijne 1× · 255 registered enslaved persons
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Boven-commewijne 1× · 77 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Willig
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
15 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Doris Willig Slavennaam: Doris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amerika Willig Slavennaam: Amerika | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cato Willig Slavennaam: Cato | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Keetje Willig Slavennaam: Keetje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Willig Slavennaam: Jacob | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jansje Willig Slavennaam: Jansje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Henry Willig Slavennaam: Henry | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Larose Willig Slavennaam: La Rose | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Bergere Willig Slavennaam: Bergere | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Magdalijntje Willig Slavennaam: Magdalijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Pieter Willig Slavennaam: Pieter | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wimpje Willig Slavennaam: Wimpje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Petrus Willig Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helcour Lucas Willig Slavennaam: Helcour | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthonie Willig Slavennaam: Dorus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Willig 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.