Suriname became a Dutch colony during the second half of the seventeenth century. In the period that followed, Dutch colonisers exploited the colony to produce plantation crops and extract precious metals, embedding Suriname within the Dutch Empire of trade. Central to this connection was the city of Paramaribo. It served as the entry point to the colony, the centre for trade, and the most densely populated area. The importance of its inhabitants was demonstrated by the government’s initiative to install the ward registers which tracked the residents of each ward or neighbourhood within the city. These registers were kept between 1828 and 1847 and contain valuable information that can be used by researchers to shed light on the inhabitants of the Paramaribo wards during this period. This data story will aim to analyse changes in the distribution of registered gender among heads of household, using the ward registers from the years 1842 and 1845. The focus on two specific years allows for a targeted analysis of whether the gender composition of registered heads of household in the wards changed over time. Therefore, the question that is posed to the dataset of the Paramaribo ward registers 1828-1847 is as follows: How did gender distribution of registered heads of household within the wards of Paramaribo change from 1842 to 1845? The different wards that will be analysed concern the wards ‘A’ through ‘F’ and the two outer regions of ‘1e BW’ and ‘2e BW’. Differences in the distribution of gender in the registered heads of household within these wards could provide overlooked connections to gender roles and specific characteristics of the wards.

by: Béla Boxman, Yijia Liu, Linda Robertus and Iris van Vlimmeren

by Gerry Rogers - Isa Maria Liz - Teun van Kasteel - Camille Le Brettevillois

by: Nadeche Diepgrond, Nicole Borginho, Santiago Suárez, Tom Hacha

Introduction

This project intends to research the spatial distribution of different religions in Paramaribo in 1841. By looking at the locations where people from different religions lived, we can examine if certain religions were concentrated in certain neighborhoods of the city. Our research question is thus: "What is the spatial distribution of religious groups in Paramaribo in 1841?"

This research question can shed more light on the religious landscape of Paramaribo and show us to which extent people of different religions lived among each other or were concentrated in certain neighborhoods in the city. It questions the degree to which religion was a decisive factor in the ways in which the city was organized.

We chose 1841, because in this year, religion is recorded the most in the dataset.To determine the year for which the most data was recorded, we calculated the number of people in the dataset of whom we know their religion in every given year. The graph that is included below, shows us that the most data exists for religion in the year 1841.