👥 Family name profile

Zeeland

The family name Zeeland occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 148 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

148

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Boven-saramacca 1× · 148 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Zeeland

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Boven-saramacca

JOHANNA CATHARINA

148 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Zeeland	ST. EUSTATIUS	Afgeschreven ten name van de Pla – 1851	↗
Zeeland	ROZENBURG	1848 – 1851	↗
Zeelander	VREELAND	1848 – 1851	↗
Zeeland	WAIJAMPIBO	1848 – Overgeschreven ten name van de P	↗
Zeeland	ST. EUSTATIUS	1851 – overleden 13 Augs 1862.	↗
Zeeland	LANDZIGT	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Zeeland	ROZENBURG	1851 – overleden 15 Maart 1861.	↗
Zeelander	VREELAND	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Zeeland 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.