Dutch LNAB Ververda? Verwerda?

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I'm trying to determine the last name at birth of the wife of Hiram Lanting (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lanting-16).

She was born in Michigan in 1892 and she appears in the 1910 United States Census:

 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5R-JY2

which gives her birth name. I'm pretty sure the OCR version (Doora Venverda) is not correct and possibly should be Ververda. She anglicized her given name to Dora Ferwerda and used this consistently during her marriage.

Her father was born in The Netherlands, supposedly in 1867.

I want to create a profile for Doora since I'm working on upgrading the profiles of her children, but I want to be sure to use the correct last name at birth.

Any ideas or suggestions.
WikiTree profile: Harry Lanting
in Genealogy Help by Bill Feidt G2G6 Mach 5 (51.0k points)

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Ferwerda it is.

Death of father Joseph (born Jouke): "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3G-4QW : 13 March 2018), Joseph Ferwerda, 14 Jan 1943; citing Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,827.

Birth of father Jouke: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/28912751

by Living Terink G2G6 Pilot (301k points)
selected by Bill Feidt
Hello again, Jan.  The level of support from our Dutch Wikitreers is truly amazing.  Thanks for your research and input.  As it turns out, there is already a profile for Dora (Ferwerda-24), but it is not open and the PM has been inactive since 2014.  But, the father's profile (Ferwerda-23) is open. I'll put the sources you identified on that profile.
Happy to contribute, Bill. Thank you for the star!
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When I look at the original document, I'm reading the last name more as Verwerda than as Venverda. That would suggest it might have indeed been Ferwerda, as she used it during her marriage (I'm assuming in documents?), as that is a Dutch last name. (Dora is a common abriviation of Theodora or Dorothea and doesn't necessarily show anglicized anything either, the double oo could be mishearing things, the way a lot of Dutch people say Dora does 'stretch' the 'o' sound)

From the CBG (Dutch Center for Genealogy) family name database (translated):

The family name Ferwerda primarily indicates that the family came from Ferwerd, the main village of the municipality of Ferwerderadeel. But in 1811, various dyers (including cloth dyers) or painters also adopted this family name, alluding to their profession.

(source: https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Ferwerda&nfd_naam=Ferwerda&info=analyse+en+verklaring&operator=rx&taal=)

However, it could still be something else. But I would lean towards creating her profile with the Ferwerda LNAB with a research note on why you went for that last name, especially if she used that name in other sources. (Do you have a signature for her somewhere?)

Then you'd need to look for her father's records, as I think his last name could give you the certaintly you need. Unfortunately 'somewhere in the Netherlands' is not specific enough for that, or I would have tried for you.

by J. Mulder G2G6 Mach 2 (25.9k points)
Thanks very much.  And, in fact, Dora father's name is recorded quite clearly as Jos. Ferwerda on her marriage record (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3P9-F5H), although the OCR is again wrong. And did try to use WieWasWie to find the father and didn't come up any Josephs.  I did not try Ferwerda is WieWasWie however.

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