When Måns Erlandsson was born about 1722, in Stiby, Jerrestad, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Erland Månsson, was 17 and his mother, Karna Olsdotter, was 35. He had at least 1 daughter with Karna Olsdotter.
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1706–1768 Male
1688–1750 Female
1722– Male
1724– Female
1726–1795 Male
1731–1795 Male
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erland, Erik, Lars, Mats, Alf, Alvar, Bjorn, Helmer, Iver, Nils, Sven.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Erlandsson: patronymic from the personal name Erland, from the Old Norse byname Erlandr, meaning ‘foreign, from a foreign country’.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Erlandsen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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