👥 Family name profile

Troost

The family name Troost occurs on 5 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 1,101 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

1,101

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-commewijne 3× · 860 registered enslaved persons
Beneden - Suriname 1× · 125 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-saramacca 1× · 116 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Troost

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Beneden-commewijne

ALLIANCE

506 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

JOHAN EN MARGARETHA

255 registered enslaved persons

Beneden - Suriname

DE HOOP

125 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-saramacca

CALEDONIA

116 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

MARIENBURG

99 registered enslaved persons

🗄 Search Troost 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.