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The name Landrum is derived from a farm in Aberdeenshire, the name of which -- Lendrum -- in Gaelic is spelled leith-an druim and means a field on the side of a ridge or a broad ridge. The spelling of the name as Landrum is an American phenomenon.

The original freehold of the Lendrum family was near Turriff, thirty-eight miles northwest of Aberdeen in the parish of Monquhitter. It was noted in Scottish history for a battle fought there in the eleventh century between Donald of the Isles and the Thane or Mormaer of Buchan. As late as the eighteenth century it was believed, according to the Ordnance Gazetter, that corn would not grow on the "bloody butts of Lendrum." The Lendrum family is said to be of Clan Comyn. And as it was the custom in Scotland to call individuals by the name of their property if they had any, it is legitimate to refer to early heads of the family as "Lairds of Lendrum." One should remember, however, that the word laird in this case merely indicates the ownership of a scrap of land.


Graham Gordon Landrum (My Father)

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