Sjostrand
Origin: Glissjoberg, Harjedahlen, Sweden
Our great-grandfather Martin took the name Sjostrand when he emigrated to America. The name does not indicate anything about his lineage. Sjostrand is a somewhat traditional Swedish surname that means "Sea Shore". Martin was not from the Swedish Coast, so this is a bit of a misnomer, unless taken to mean "immigrant".
Surnames were passed down patronymically in Sweden at the time Martin Sjostrand emigrated, therefore his surname, Jonasson, is useless for identifying remote ancestry. His father's surname was Ersson.