This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MARENDAHL PETERSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BhB.2ACI/69.1 Message Board Post: Can you tell me what does the Ellingsdatter stand for, the surname? I had a great grandmother named Elli SVENDSDATLER from Norway who married a Christian Oscar (Marindahl) Peterson. His surname was Marendahl and he changed it to Peterson.He was born in BAARDSHAUGEN, NORWAY I wonder if there is a connection. Elli is buried in an unmarked grave, in a small cemetery 2 miles outside of Irene South Dakota. She was born Nov. 2 1809 in Norwary.