Anna Juliën

Anna Juliën at the age of about 30 (artist: Christian Lindner, 1728–1806)

Maarten Luther Kerk in Paramaribo

Anna Julien (baptized 5 Apri l 1705 in Paramaribo ; † 9. October 1779 ibid) was a Surinamese plantation owner .

Life

Anna Juliën was the eldest daughter of the Italian Bartholomeus Juliën and the Surinamese Elisabeth, born Dobinson, who probably came from a mixed European-Indian relationship. The couple Juliën were u. a. owned by the “Salem” plantation on the Pericakreek.

Marriages

In April 1725 Anna Juliën married Hendrik Buys, who was born in Amsterdam on August 9, 1698. They married “outside the church”, probably on the “Buyswyk” coffee plantation on the Motkreek in the Commewijne area. There is evidence that two daughters were born from this marriage. Her daughter Elisabeth Buys (1728–1775), was her second marriage on August 20, 1767 , to Jan Nepveu , born in Amsterdam , who in 1770 became governor of Suriname.

After the death of Hendrik Buys on January 23, 1749, Anna Juliën married in September 1750 the plantation director Willem Ouwater, who was born in Amsterdam on January 7, 1724. Regarding this marriage, the governor Jan Jacob Mauricius noted somewhat derogatory in the governor's journal on November 2nd, 1750: " Little enthusiasm on the princess's birthday . The ship's people and many citizens are often much more exuberant at weddings or private birthday parties, like [...] at marriage the old mulatto, Buy's widow, with her director. "Not much is known about Willem Ouwater. He died on August 10, 1760 in Paramaribo.

On February 4, 1763, the 58-year-old finally married Johann Gottfried Clemen from Döbeln for the third time .

Anna Juliën was the owner of several houses in Paramaribo and called some plantations her property, also she was the tenant of several plantations.

funeral

After her death she was buried in the Maarten Luther Kerk in Paramaribo, Waterkant. This church was lost in a fire in 1832 and its grave slab also fell victim to the flames. The church shown here was consecrated in the same place in 1834 and here is the still preserved grave slab of her third husband.

Sources and literature

• Ralph Gundram, in: New Archives for Saxon History , Vol. 87 (2016), Saxon Colonial Rulers in Overseas? A search for traces using the example of Johann Gottfried Clemen from Döbeln, from p. 235