👥 Family name profile

Lespérance

The family name Lespérance occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 119 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

119

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Commetewane 1× · 119 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Lespérance

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Commetewane

LA JALOUSIE

119 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
L'Esperance	L'AVENTUUR	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	MON AFFAIRE	1838 – Ingevolge Resolutie van den Heer	↗
L'Esperance	ALSIMO	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	ARENDRUST	1838 – overleden	↗
L'Esperance	BADENSTEIN	1838 – 1848	↗
L'esperance	BERTHAUDSLUST	Verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – overleden	↗
L'Esperance	A LA BONHEUR	Verbonden aan de P. W I. Bank – overleden	↗
l'Esperance	A LA BONHEUR	uit Betje of Bebe. Verbonden aan – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	BOXEL THORARICA	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	BROEDERSHOOP	1838 – 1848	↗
l'Esperance	BEEKVLIET	uit Dianna. – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	DEN BRIEL	1838 – Ingevolge Resolutie d.d. 31 Juli	↗
L'Esperance	BROUWERSLUST	Gekocht op vendu van R. le Cheva – 1848	↗
l'Esperance	CLIFFORD KOCQSHOVE	uit Donna – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	LA NOUVELLE ESPERANCE	1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p	↗
L'Esperance	ESTHERSRUST	1838 – overleden	↗
L'Esperance	EENDRAGT	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	ELISABETHSHOOP	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	ST. EUSTATIUS THORARICA	van J McKillop en J IJoung op pu – 1848	↗
l'Esperance	DE DRIE GEBROEDERS	Ten name van plantage Nieuwstar – overleden	↗
L'Esperance	GEERTRUIDENBERG	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	SAINT GERMAIN	1838 – overleden	↗
L'Esperance	NIEUWE HOOP	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	HOOIJLAND	1838 – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	KATOENPLANTAGE BROEDERSHOOP	geboren uit Lidia – 1838	↗
L'Esperance	KOFFIEPLANTAGE LA NOUVELLE ESPERANCE	1830 – 1838	↗
L'Esperance	DE KOFFIJPLANTAGE HIESVELD EN D'UITVLUGT / VERVOLG VAN NIEUW HOOP	1830 – 1838	↗
L'Esperance	SUIKERPLANTAGE KROONENBURG	1830 – 1838	↗
L'Esperance	KATOENPLANTAGE MARIJ'S HOPE	1830 – 1838	↗
L'Esperance	DE DRIE GEBROEDERS	uit Klein Jeannette. – 1848	↗
l'Esperance	MUNNIKKENDAM	Ingevolge Resolutie dd 31 Julij – overleden	↗
l'Esperance	NIEUW ACCONORIBO	Afgeschreven ten namen van plan – 1848	↗
l'Esperance	—	Bij overschrijving van J H Reije – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	JOHANNA CHARLOTTE	Afgeschreven ten name van de Erv – 1848	↗
L'Esperance	ACCARIBO	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	NIEUW ACCONORIBO	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	ADRICHEM	1848 – 1850 Novemb. 15 Overleden	↗
L'Esperance	ALSIMO	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	ANNA CATHARINA	Geboren uit Cicilia 1850 30 Apri – 1851	↗
L'esperance	L'AVENTURE	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BADENSTEIN	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BEEKVLIET	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BENTSHOPE	gekocht van J.I Ferrier 1850 Aug – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	A LA BONHEUR	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BOXEL	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BROEDERHOOP	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	BROUWERSLUST	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	CLIFFORD KOCQSHOVEN	Geboren van Donna – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	DE EENDRAGT	1848 – 1851	↗
L'Esperance	ELISABETHSHOOP	1848 – 1851	↗

🗄 Search Lespérance 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.