👥 Family name profile

Ruiter

The family name Ruiter occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 508 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

508

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× · 244 registered enslaved persons
Beneden - Suriname 1× · 187 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-commewijne 1× · 77 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Ruiter

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Boven-commewijne

CANNAWAPPIBO

244 registered enslaved persons

Beneden - Suriname

BELWAARDE

187 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

SORGVLIET

77 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
de Ruiter	ST. BARBARA THORARICA	1838 – Besmet verklaard en naar Batavia	↗
Ruiter	BERTHAUDSLUST	Verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – overleden	↗
de Ruiter	ADRICHEM	1848 – 1851	↗
de Ruiter	ADRICHEM	1851 – overleden 28 Dec.1853.	↗
de Ruiter	MOLHOOP	verkregen van P. Maij qq cs E. G – 1 juli 1863	↗
De Ruiter	—	1830 – Overleden	↗
de Ruiter	—	1838 – Besmet verklaard en naar Batavia	↗
Johannes of Johannes Bernhard Kruiter	—	Straatvoogd benoemd bij Res. 25 – Vrij geworden en genaamd Johanne	↗
de Ruiter	—	1838 – Besmet verklaard en naar Als vor	↗
Ruiter	—	uit Eva – 1848	↗
de Ruiter	—	1851 – overgeschreven op naam van plant	↗

🗄 Search Ruiter 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.