When John Du Pre Leland was born on 6 June 1847, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Adams Leland, was 29 and his mother, Ann Allston DuPre, was 23. He died on 26 July 1848, at the age of 1, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
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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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