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Person: Mercelina (Matus)

Name: Mercelina

Also known as: Merselina

Born: ± 1816

Emancipated: 1 juli 1863 (Aruba (In het Dorp)) as Merselina Matus

Religion: Catholic
Profession: Servant

Mother: Jacoba

Siblings (6): Seferina (Matus), Clement (Matus), Cleantis (Mispad), Theodorus, Jeanettha, Jan Willem (Pent/Pint)

Matriarch: Jacoba

See also: the family tree of Mercelina and family (28). (Last names: Kwaan, Maroc, Matus, Mispad, Pent/Pint)

Timeline for Mercelina (Matus)

± 1816

Birth of Mercelina

Mother: Maria
21 juli 1840

Private Sale of Mercelina

Age: ± 24

Location: Aruba

From owner: Simon Quant
To owner: Manuel Romero

Price: 2000
Mother: Maria
Source: [1]
20 maart 1843

Private Sale of Merselina

Age: ± 27

Location: Aruba

From owner: Manuel Romero
To owner: Simon Quant

Price: 2000
Mother: Maria
Source: [2]
20 juni 1850

Private Sale of Merselina

Age: ± 34

Location: Aruba

From owner: Johanna C. Quant geboren van der Biest
To owner: Jan Hendrik van der Biest

Price: 150
Mother: Maria
Source: [3]
1 juli 1863

Emancipation of Merselina

as: Merselina Matus

Age: ± 47

Location: Aruba (In het Dorp)

Profession: Servant
Religion: Catholic
Owner: Jan Hendrik van der Biest

Mother: Maria
Source: [4] [5]

Citation: "Information on person no. 10911: Mercelina (Matus)", 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=10911
Expansion of: Arends et al. (2023), Aruba: Slavernij en emancipatie, 1840-1863.

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