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The Van Der Veer Name
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Origins of the Van Der Veer Name
The name itself means of the ferry or of the village of Veere. Dutch dictionaries also list veer as meaning feather, but I have seen no surname references using it in that context. Veere, Zeeland, The Netherlands, which was once the location of a Roman fort and is now named for a ferry that was established at it's present location. This village is commonly associated with the Van Der Veer name. De Kampveersche Toren or The Campveere Tower is pictured at right and named after Campveere, as Veere was known as in 1281 for a ferry that sailed to Campum on the other side of the lake. I visited Veere in Sept 2001, a definite must see for anyone traveling to The Netherlands. A brief Veere History
Link , born about 1245 is the earliest reference to the name I have found.. The name Van der Veer or Van Veer as a surname appears with the birth of his children. In the early 1800's, Napoleon took possession of The Netherlands and required all Dutch to have surnames. While much of the country had already assumed surnames, many of the people of Friesland resisted using surnames until imposed upon by Napoleon. Many assumed names of where they were at the time, using the 'van der' meaning 'of the' and an object or location, as in a ferry, therefore van der Veer or of the village of Veere. I have spoken with several van der Veer or v.d. Veer (current common usage) families who emigrated from Friesland to South Africa and Australia who have indicated that their family name was adopted during the Napoleonic time. The van der Veer name is somewhat common in The Netherlands and appears to be adopted rather than originating with The Lords of Veere.
The family coat-of-arms or Het Familiewapen depicted here is of unknown origin and is supposibly registered with the Heraldry office in Dordrecht, Holland, I have not not been able to confirm this however. My understanding of coat-of-arms in The Netherlands was many times nothing more that a family seal for the purposes of family business identification and may not have been registered as heraldry as such. I have also heard that this coat-of-arms may have been derived from the seal of the Van Scaghen family, a family related to the Van Borsellen family.
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