Herman Theodore Nylander was born on 05 Feb 1891 in Dassell, Minnesota as the third child of Peter Johan Nylander and Emma Johnson. He had two siblings, namely: Johan, and Sigfrid. He died on 04 Oct 1956 in Cambridge, Minnesota. When he was 23, he married Esther Almina Stomberg, daughter of Andrew Peter Stomberg and Charlotta Andreasdotter, on 16 Mar 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Herman Theodore Nylander was confirmed on 13 May 1905 in First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dassel, Minnesota. He was buried on 08 Oct 1956 in Siloah Cemetery.

Herman Theodore Nylander and Esther Almina Stomberg had the following children:

1. Myrtle Miriam Almina Nylander was born on 16 Sep 1914. She died on 06 Oct 2014 in Browns Valley. She married Wendell Medbery on 06 Oct 1940.
2. Vinard Merlin Nylander was born on 09 Jan 1916 in Parnell Township, Traverse Co, Minnesota. He died on 08 Aug 1988 in Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He married Lenora Westman on 26 Feb 1939 in Graceville, Minnesota.
3. Emma TheoNora Nylander was born on 27 Mar 1919. She died on 11 Jul 2016. She married Vincent Johnson in 1941. She married Calvin J. Crowe on 22 Apr 1946.
4. Florence Genevieve (Gensy) Nylander was born on 09 Sep 1921. She died on 29 July 2012. She married William Warren Jones (possibly 1944).
5. Raymond Wendell LeMoyne (Moyne) Nylander was born on 14 Dec 1925. He died on 29 Aug 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
6. Frederick Eldon Eugene Nylander was born on 23 Jul 1927 in Arthur Township – Traverse Co – RR Graceville, Minnesota. He died on 31 Aug 2019 in Eventide Senior Living, Moorhead, Minnesota. He married Bernice Brennan on 28 Dec 1946 in Pocatello, Idaho.