GLEN DISCOVERY

I am known to officialdom as Peter John Lawrie, which in Scots Gaelic would be Pàdraig Iain Labhruidh. Alternatively, Pàdraig mac Iain mhic Labhruidh, which means Peter (or Patrick), the son of John, of the kindred of Lawrie. This was a naming pattern widely used in Highland Scotland up to the 18th century. Lawrie is a diminutive of Lawrence... Despite the pretensions of Donald MacLaren of MacLaren, the chief of the modern Clan MacLaren, to "own" all Lawries, Lawrences and variants of the name, there were at least 11 medieval churches, 6 chapels and 2 hospices dedicated to St Lawrence around Scotland. It was common for foundlings and others to be named after the local parish saint. Our modern surnames Lawrence and Lawrie with all their variants have multiple origins, which has been confirmed by Y-DNA studies... [See below, on this page, for the various pre-Reformation dedications to St Lawrence.

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