When Louis Hilding Melander was born on 24 March 1902, his father, Olof Melender, was 38 and his mother, Anna Olivia Nordin, was 34. He married Ruby Smith on 29 March 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 24 July 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.
Swedish: ornamental or habitational name composed of Mel-, an unexplained element of Swedish placenames, + the suffix -ander, derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’. Alternatively, perhaps of the same origin as 2.
German: humanistic name, from a translation of Schwarzmann ‘black man’ into a Greek compound derived from melas ‘black’ + the suffix -ander, derived from anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’.
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