The Landrum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,026 people carried this name — #2,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,851 in 2000.

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In print

Landrum in American newspapers,
1897.

Newspaper page from The Bottineau Courant carrying the name Landrum
The Bottineau Courant 1897-11-27
Newspaper page from Converse County Herald carrying the name Landrum
Converse County Herald 1897-11-11
Newspaper page from Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Landrum
Waterbury Democrat 1897-10-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,871 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Landrum in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

52 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Landrum. The most, 18, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 20
Victoria 13
New South Wales 9
South Australia 6
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Landrum.

Who carried it

People named Landrum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Phillip M. Landrum
    Phillip M. Landrum 1907–1990 · lawyer
  • Don Landrum
    Don Landrum 1936–2003 · baseball player
  • John Gill Landrum 1810–1882 · military personnel
  • John M. Landrum 1815–1861 · lawyer
  • Robert Dallas Landrum 1882– · writer
  • Jesse Landrum 1912–1983 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Landrum,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States588 records

588 records of the Landrum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 423
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Alford Landrum

    Born 1943; from Ft Gibson, Oklahoma. U.S. Army, military police; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Roy C. Landrum

    Born 1902 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; animal. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Antonia Landrum

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the Devonshire from Liverpool, aged 28; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 588 records for Landrum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Landrum name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Landrum

    Sailed from Victoria in 1866 aboard the Alhambra II, bound for Hokitika, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Richard Landrum

    Will registered in Queensland in 1903.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Alexander Landrum

    Died 1902; inquest held in Queensland.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Landrum in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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