Dora was born about 1902. She is the daughter of John VanDeWater and Rosamund Budd. She sailed on the Exeter from Greece to New York in 1938.[1]
Sources
↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2424-ZHG : 12 March 2018), Dora Van De Water, 1938; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57R-TNH : accessed 24 September 2018), Dora E Vandewater in household of John H Vandewater, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 8A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 936; FHL microfilm 1,374,949.
"New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9NW-8Y5 : 8 November 2014), Dora Van Dewater, Hyde Park, A.D. 02, E.D. 03, Dutchess, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 24, line 19, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7CW-WC6 : accessed 24 September 2018), Dora E Vande Water in household of Bertha M Budd, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 12B, line 87, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 2,341,155.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ55-YCC : 13 March 2018), Dora Vanderwater, Ward 6, Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie City, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-68, sheet 3A, line 12, family 74, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2524.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dora:
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