Genealogia Sursilliana is an old and large genealogy of Finnish Ostrobothnian families descending from a 16th-century wealthy Swedish farmer, Erik Ångerman, nicknamed Sursill.
[1] This "large family" descended from a wealthy farmer in Teg, Umeå, in West Bothnia, called Erik Ångerman, who had a nickname Sursill (meaning Surströmming).
According to Bureus, Erik or his wife Dordi possibly descended from Bure family,[2] although this remained uncertain.
[4] Sursilliana contains lineages e.g. from following families: Aejmelaeus, Ahlholm, Alcenius, Cajanus, Calamnius, Castrén, Forbus, Frosterus, Hedberg, Hoffren, Lithovius, Mathesius, Nylander, Roos, Schroderus, Snellman, Stenbäck, Toppelius, Wacklin, and Wegelius.
[5] From the presidents of Finland, descendants of Sursill have been Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Lauri Kristian Relander, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim,[6] Urho Kekkonen and Tarja Halonen.