NZ Lendrums

The Lendrums - In New Zealand




The American: Lendrums / Landrums



c1700 -

Earliest Landrum Emigrants to America - John and James

In 1680's two brothers John and James Lendrum / Landrum arrived in Virgina.

(Most Landrum's in the US can trace their line to the brothers).

It is believed that their father was William Lendrum of Aberdeenshire (not proven) oral history of this family name is carried down through the lines of both

Lendrums / Landrums (Landrum is the Americanized Lendrum)


The following information was provided by Simon Lendrum. He is unsure of any connection with the New Zealand Lendrums - he believes his ancestors did have the name of Comyns but at sometime took the name of a small village in Scotland near Turriff.

Allegedly after a failed attempt to kill Robert the Bruce.

I have no ideal from whom this John Lendrum descends from - as he is born eighty years from when it's said the first Lendrums arrived in America?

I am recording this information because I have it and working on it.

Attachment - American Family Tree

John Lendrum 1760 - 1824 married (1790) Barbara Allan

John was a large, dark and had a frighting appearance, where Barbara was considered as a beauty.

They have six children

Isabel 1792 -

Ann 1794 - 1831

John 1796 - 1833 (in London)

(1)Robert 1800 - 1849 (the last Lendrum to die in Ellon (source: 1696 Poll Book))

Barbara 1803 -

Janet 1808 (died at birth)

(1)Robert Lendrum - 1800 - 1849 married (1820) Margaret Colville.1800 - 1877

Robert was a Tailor and Merchant in Ellon - Margaret had three brothers, all were Ship Captains.

They have nine children

Barbara 1821 m (?) Rev. R Philips of Ellon

Robert 1824 - 1834

(2)John 1826 m (?) Helen Alexander

Andrew 1828 - 1853

(3)George 1830 m (1857) Alice Snape

Margaret 1832 - 1839

Alexander Douglas 1834 (died at birth)

Margaret 1836 - 1884 (died from a falling accident at Stonehaven)

Jane 1839 - 1869

(2)John Lendrum - 1826-1872 married ( 1859) Helen Alexander. 1832 - 1900

John as a Merchant in Aberdeen

They have three children

(4)Robert Alexander 1863 - 1932 m Anne Cuthrie

(5)John 1867 - 1946 m (?) Helen Bruce

Helen Colville 1869 - 1942 m (1897) Rev. James Christie.1868 - 1943


(3)George Lendrum - 1830 - 1896 married (1857) Alice Snape. 1830 - 1911

They have eleven children

(8)Robert Henry 1858 - 1930 m (1886) Elizabeth Fell. 1856 - 1929

Alice Coville 1860 -

Contance 1862 - 1925

Margaret Gorden 1864 - 1906

George Jackson 1865 - 1869

Florance 1867 -

(9)John Black 1869 - 1929 m (1901) Susan E MacCormac

Jessie 1869 1870

Andrew Philip 1870 - 1875

Barbara 1872

Mary Allan 1874 - 1876

(4)Rev. Robert Alexander Lendrum - 1863 - 1932 married (1891) Anna Guthrie. 1866 - 1952

They have four children

Freda Helen 1899 m (1931) Alexander Worth 1901 - 1969

(6)Ronald Guthrie 1900 - 1978 m (1930) Movia Munro

(7)Alan Chalmers 1906 - m (1934) Elizabeth B Currie. 1905

Nancy Burns 1909 - m (1936) John L McKean. 1907


(5)Rev. John Lendrum - 1867- 1946 married (1894) Alice Helen Bruce 1894 - 1869

They have five children

Harold Bruce 1895 - 1947

Gertrude Helen 1898 - m (1930) Patrick M Rennie. 1934

Dorothy Mary 1901 - m (1928) Herbert R Hale. 1888 - 1956

George Alastain 1905 -

Douglas John 1910 - m (?) Doris Wareham

(6) Ronald Guthrie Lendrum 1900 - 1978 married 1930) Movia Munro. 1978

They have two daughters

(7)Alan Chalmers Lendrum 1906 - married (1934) Elizabeth B Currie. 1905

They have tree children

Susan Ester 1942 - m (1939) John Gray

Robert Donald Currie 1944 - m (1973) Sheila Whyle

Andrew B Guthrie 1946 - m (?) Jane Copland

(8)Robert Henry Lendrum 1858 - 1930 married (1886)Elizabeth Fell. 1856 - 1929

They have two daughters


(9)John Black Lendrum 1869 - 1929 married (1901)Susan E MacCormac.

They have three children

(10)George MacCormac 1905 - 1970 m (?) Enid Fletcher

(11)John Denis 1908 - m (?) Enid S Davis

Margare Norah 1914 - m (1956) K O Smith.1909 - 1980

(10)George MacCormac - 1905 - 1970 married (?) Enid Fletcher

They have two sons

(12)John- m (1965) Alison Dalgleish

(13)Richard- m (1969) Jenny Davis

(11)John Denis 1908 - 1975 married (?) Enid S Davis

They have one daughter

(12)John Lendrum married (1965) Alison Dalgleish

They have two children

Katherine 1968 -

David 1969 -

(13)Richard Lendrum married (1969) Jenny Davis

They have two children

Sarah 1971-

Simon Lendrum 1973 - (This is the Simon who sent the information (has been verified 20/6/2010)

Simon lives in Auckland New Zealand


Mary Lendrum 1840 (born in Ireland and emigrated to America) married (?) Charles Williams 1840 (born in Wales)
Charles fought in the Civil War.

They have five children

George

Mary Jane

Sarah Ann

Charles Hiram

John


Mattie V. Lendrum 1891 - 1972 (photo take at North Denver High School - class of 1938 (unable to find any connection - but a nice photo)


James Lendrum 1864 - 1918 married (?) Emily Amellia Davidson

They have children





James Lendrum (Great grandfather of James Harry Lendrum and great, great grandfather of Stella May Lendrum)

James worked for Mr. Sam McGredy as a professional Gardener. He helped Sam McGredy create the McGredy Rose, which is widely found through out the United States now.

Mr. McGredy planned on leaving Ireland for Australia and James and his family left Ireland for Toronto Canada. It is unknown as to why Mr. McGredy never made it to Australia.

From The Book on Roses, by Dr. G. Griffin Lewis, p. 139:] Samuel McGredy of Portadown, Ireland was born in 1859, and died in April, 1926. He took to hybridizing as a hobby and acquired such success that he was led into it on an extensive scale, becoming a prolific producer and owning the largest seedling house in the world.

Operated Samuel McGredy and Son Nursery with his father until his father's death in 1903.

[From The Makers of Heavenly Roses, by Jack Harkness,] "Sam McGredy [II] made a modest start at breeding roses about 1895, regarding it as more of a hobby than serious business; he raised two or three hundred seedlings a year...

At last, in 1905, after about ten years' work, he decided to exhibit a few of his best [roses] in London... Sam McGredy on his first venture won a Gold Medal for his salmon pink rose 'Countess of Gosford'... From that day, rose breeding was the main purpose of his life... He won Gold Medals regularly; among the great roses he introduced were the white 'Mrs. Herbert Stevens', 1910; the yellow 'Golden Emblem', 1917; and in 1918, the yellow 'Christine', the orange 'Emma Wright' and, in red and yellow, 'The Queen Alexandra Rose', the latter 'by special request named after our beloved Queen Alexandra'. She was the Royal Patron of the National Rose Society... Sam's parentages, however were not as simple as they seemed because, like Dicksons, he used many of his own seedlings... He was awarded the National Rose Society's Dean Hole Medal in 1921... The rose world dubbed him 'The Irish Wizard'... Sam McGredy died suddenly in April 1926, while some of his finest roses still awaited introduction..."
James Andrew Lendrum1901 - 1972 married (?) Olive May Hayes 1904 - 1993
Jackie (Jack) Alexander Lendrum 1989 - Living in Ontario, Canada. Student.
(not sure which one is Jackie - even if either is her?)

Parents: Jack and Melody (Stinson) Lendrum
Grandparents: Jim and Ella (Boyne) Lendrum

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