Mary's Hope

Village in Coronie District, Suriname

5°52′37″N 56°19′00″W / 5.876944°N 56.316667°W / 5.876944; -56.316667Country

SurinameDistrictCoronie DistrictResortWelgelegen

Mary's Hope is a village in the Welgelegen resort of the Coronie District of Suriname. The village can be accessed from the East-West Link.^[1]

Overview

Mary's Hope started in 1817^[2] as a slave plantation, producing cotton, owned by Edward Conolly^[3] who was originally from Ireland. 138 people were enslaved on the plantation at the time of the emancipation of slavery in 1863.^[2] Later, the plantation changed ownership several times, and was in a neglected state. In 1872, Mary's Hope was the fourth largest settlement in the district of Coronie.^[2]

On 15 December 1874, land was donated to a Roman Catholic mission to build a school, a church and a rectory. In 1875, a little church was built. In 1884, Peter Donders was the parson, and Mary's Hope had developed into the most important parish in Coronie.^[2] In 1892, the Church of Immaculate Conception was constructed. The church was built by Frans Harmes who also constructed the cathedral in Paramaribo.^[4]

In 1922, Father J. de Kort embarked on a plan to create a rice polder. In 1935, the Sint Jozef vereniging^[5] was founded, a cooperation of rice growers,^[6] and Mary's Hope has developed as a rice growing community.^[5]

The village is connected to the electricity grid, but has no telephone connection.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 82.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mary's hope". Coronie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "Plantage Mary's Hope". Suriname Plantages (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ "Distrikt Coronie". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Coronie Nieuws". De Surinamer via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 16 November 1946. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ G. van Kempen (1992). "ONTSTAAN EN ONTWIKKELING VAN DE ST. JOZEF POLDER" (PDF). Coronie.eu. Kronieken 1842 R.K gemeente Coronie (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2021.