When Mary Emma Leland was born on 26 August 1867, in Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Adams Leland, was 50 and her mother, Ann Allston DuPre, was 43. She died on 4 October 1867, at the age of 0.
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Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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