Coleccion Aruba > Database of People Enslaved on Aruba 1840-1863 > Information on person no. 10431

Person: Gregorius Nelson (Broek)

Name: Gregorius Nelson

Born: 17 november 1840 (Aruba)

Manumitted: 10 juni 1850 (Aruba) as Gregorius Nelson Broek

Mother: Eloise

Siblings (5): Merian (Frankkus), Victor, Anthonie Teofiel (Frankkus), Andres Eugene (Frankkus), Louis Estacius (Frankkus)

Matriarch: *

* Note: people marked with an asterisk (*) do not appear in the 1840-1863 Aruba Slavery Registers. They are included here because a family member that does appear the Aruba registers, in order to show the family links between people enslaved on Aruba and people enslaved on other islands, and also to show their family trees as complete as possible.

Timeline for Gregorius Nelson (Broek)

17 november 1840

Birth of Gregorius Nelson

Location: Aruba

Owner: Weduwe van wijlen Frans Franken

Mother: Elijza
Source: [1]
10 juni 1850

Manumission of Gregorius Nelson

as: Gregorius Nelson Broek

Age: 9

Location: Aruba

Owner: Wilhelmina Petronella Franken geboren van der Broek weduwe van Frans Franken

Mother: Elijsa
Source: [2]
10 juni 1850

Manumission of Gregorius Nelson

as: Gregorius Nelson Broek

Age: 9

Location: Aruba

Owner: Wilhelmina Petronella van der Broek, weduwe van Frans Franken

Mother: Elysa
Remarks: slavenjongen Gregorius Nelson (Gregorius Nelson Broek), 9 jaar, zn van Elysa, door Wilhelmina Petronella van der Broek, weduwe van Frans Franken te Aruba.

Source: [3] [4]

Citation: "Information on person no. 10431: Gregorius Nelson (Broek)", in: Scholing, Croes, Van Eerden (2024). Database of People Enslaved on Aruba 1840-1863, version 2.0 [Database]. URL: https://coleccion.aw/database/en/show/?id=10431
Expansion of: Arends et al. (2023), Aruba: Slavernij en emancipatie, 1840-1863.

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