👥 Family name profile

Derson

The family name Derson occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 170 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

170

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Boven-commewijne 1× · 170 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Derson

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Boven-commewijne

ROOZENBURG

170 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Anderson	SARAH OPPERDISTRICT	uit Elisabeth – 1848	↗
Anderson	BURNSIDE OPPERDISTRICT	1848 – 1851	↗
Anderson	BURNSIDE	1851 – overleden 10 Augs 1862.	↗
Anderson	LOT NO 209	1851 – Van dit Hoofd van plantage Lot n	↗
Anderson	SARAH	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Anderson	BURNSIDE	Van den naam van Plant Hope ( Lo – 1 juli 1863	↗
Anderson	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Anderson	—	15 april 1852 – verkoop op den 17 februarij 1860	↗
Anderson	—	Aankoop van L.M. Kohn zie fo 276 – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Derson in open archives

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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.