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Person: Oportuna (Hassel)

Name: Oportuna

Also known as: Oportuno

Born: ± 1839

Emancipated: 1 juli 1863 (Aruba) as Oportuno Hassel

Religion: Catholic
Profession: Farmworker

Mother: Mattea

Siblings (6): Joseph (Hassel), Juan (Hassel), Lambertus, Mattheus (Holberg), Maria Damasa (Hassel), Natalia Sedavilia (Hassel)

Matriarch: Maria de los Santos

See also: the family tree of Oportuna and family (8). (Last names: Hassel, Holberg)

Timeline for Oportuna (Hassel)

± 1839

Birth of Oportuna

Mother: Mattea
2 maart 1850

Private Sale of Oportuna

Age: ± 11

Location: Aruba

From owner: Joseph Anthonij Yarzagaray
To owner: Maria Elisabeth Oduber geboren Croes

Price: 300
Mother: Mattea
Source: [1]
1 juli 1863

Emancipation of Oportuno

as: Oportuno Hassel

Age: ± 24

Location: Aruba

Profession: Farmworker
Religion: Catholic
Owner: De kinderen van Jean Oduber

Mother: Mattea
Remarks: Aankomende de kinderen van Jean Oduber.

Source: [2] [3]

Citation: "Information on person no. 10954: Oportuna (Hassel)", 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=10954
Expansion of: Arends et al. (2023), Aruba: Slavernij en emancipatie, 1840-1863.

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