👥 Family name profile

Remus

The family name Remus occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 351 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

351

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-para 1× · 139 registered enslaved persons
Boven Suriname 1× · 109 registered enslaved persons
Boven-commewijne 1× · 103 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Remus

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Beneden-para

ORNAMIBO

139 registered enslaved persons

Boven Suriname

L'ESPERANCE

109 registered enslaved persons

Boven-commewijne

CONCORDIA

103 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Remus	KOFFIEPLANTAGE LA PERSEVERANCE	geboren uit Corino – 1838	↗
Remus	DE DAGERAAD COMMETEWANE KREEK	Afgeschreven van de plantage La – 1848	↗
Remus	DAGERAAD	1848 – 1851	↗
Remus tweeling	D'ALIJDA EN KARELSBURG	23 mei 1859 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Remus	DAGERAAD	1851 – van dit hoofd af, - en op dat va	↗
Remus	DE EENDRAGT	van het hoofd van plantage Dager – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Remus 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.