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👥 Family name profile
Zwerk
The family name Zwerk occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 214 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
214
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Matappica 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Zwerk
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
12 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoinette Antonia Zwerk Slavennaam: Antonia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clasina Zwerk Slavennaam: Clasina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henri Allegro Zwerk Slavennaam: Allegro | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| John Petrisie Zwerk Slavennaam: Petrisie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josephina Zwerk Slavennaam: Josephina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Karl Andries Zwerk Slavennaam: Andries | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nooitgedacht Zwerk Slavennaam: Nooitgedacht | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sali Jacquelina Zwerk Slavennaam: Jacquelina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Zwerk Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodora Helena Zwerk Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Victoria Zwerk Slavennaam: Victoria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Cornelis Zwerk Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Zwerk 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.