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I just joined this list today, so this looks like fun. Has anyone ever heard of the name VERLE? I found this on the 1947 Marraige Certificate of my father and his first wife. Verle SODERBERG was born in March 1927 in Iron Mountain, Michigan (Dickinson County). The story goes than the family was Swedish, but claimed Finnish ancestry to avoid being ostracized. I know next to nothing about this woman, and look forward to hearing from anyone with ideas....this name was not in behindthename's data base, either. Thanks, Judy
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Maybe it is a short form of Beverly? I've heard of Vera in Sweden and Veera in Finland but never of Verle.Just out of curiosity, why would anyone be ostracized b/c of coming from Sweden?
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It's not Swedish. There is a Flemish name Veerle, but that's a girls' name.
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