Family Crest's

[Fetish]

Just for the hell of it post you Family Crest ( if you can find it ) in this thread. I found mine a few days ago and just want to know what others look like. P.s. If you have a phrase post that too. [resized, k - OB] Animo et Fide means Courageously and Faithfully

[CoralRives]

Armor - vertical within two bars ermine between two heraldic tygers (lions) passant, one in chief and in base or three garbs of the last. Mantling - vertical and/or.. Crest - on a wreath of the colors upon a mounty vert, and heraldic tygers as in the arms, the dexter paw resting on a garb erect proper. Motto - "Pro Deo et Patris" Translation - For God and Country

[Jrels]

I'm not sure what "Fort et Fidele" means (my father probably does). Also, note the naked woman whcih can be seen covering her "private parts" atop the crest. Hmm.

[CoralRives]

Description of the Ellis Coat of Arms / Family Crest History of the Ellis Coat of Arms: Granted to Sir Henry Elys of Kiddall Hall, Yorkshire, England, temporal King Edward II, recorded in the Roll of Arms, Harlech MSS 4033; also Sir John Elys of Kiddall Hall and his brother Sir William Elis of Everingham, Yorkshire, both temporal Edward III, also Sir John's son, Sir John Elys of Kiddall Hall, arms recorded 1392-97; also Ellis of Stoneacre, where the arms are inscribed on a monument in the church; also Ellis of Shinfield, Berkshire and Swallowfield, Wiltshire, temporal James I; also seated at Hazelwood, Yorkshire, also in the Harlech MSS of 1394, and confirmed on the Herald's Visitation to Yorkshire, 1585. Ellis Coat of Arms: Or, on a cross sable, five crescents argent. Ellis Crest: (Granted temporal Edward III) A woman naked proper, her hair dishevelled or. (Another, as seen in a stained glass window, has the woman wearing a helmet).

[kimpossible]

Loosely - "Extremely Faithful"

[CoralRives]

Originally posted by kimpossible Loosely - \"Extremely Faithful\" I get more of a "Fortunate and Faithful"

[Jrels]

Wow, thanks for the info! That is all very interesting! I'm glad you took the time to type that out, CoralRivers. And thanks for the translation, kimpossible.

[kimpossible]

I went with old French where "Fort" would be "Very" or "Extremely". Admittedly, it's one of my weaker languages. Any fluent french speakers to take a stab at it?

[CoralRives]

I was going back to latin....

[kimpossible]

You may well be right, I've probably forgotten 99.9% of the latin I knew, but I would have thought that would have been "forte" properly conjugated. fors fortis forte fortuito fortuitus fortuna [shrug] I'm fairly willing to concede it though! 'Cause I don't know for certain. The family crest probably dates back around 1066 in Yorkshire which would put it into the same time period we're seeing for the branch to old French

[OpheliaBlue]

The saying is something like "anchors away" or "anchors on high" "anchor fast anchor" (I forget)

[kimpossible]

That's an oldie. Very old Scottish. The Legrey coat of arms, practically legend. So your last name is: Graye, Gray, Grey, Legrey, Croy, .... Probably the english spelling of Gray. Translated it's: Anchor, Fast Anchor To hold fast and not budge. One could speculate it was given to the family after a battle for their support of one of the Hands of the time. Maybe in the Battle of Hastings (1066AD), but I'm speculating.

[OpheliaBlue]

Wow Kim I'm impressed, thanks for the background on my family crest My last name IS Gray, how did you know?

[MSG]

mine actually has its own website www.grabianowski.com

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by OpheliaBlue Wow Kim I'm impressed, thanks for the background on my family crest My last name IS Gray, how did you know? I did a paper on the Scotts during that time period many a year ago. So I knew many of the crests from research, including that one. Once I knew it was Legrey, the rest is just parlor tricks. I had probably a 90% chance that it would be the english spelling "Gray" with probably a 9% chance of "Grey" and the remaining 1% for the other spellings carrying through. Just parlor tricks where you can impress most of the people most of the time as long as you stay true to the statistics.

[OpheliaBlue]

HAHA "pOOp Grabianowski" Originally posted by kimpossible I did a paper on the Scotts during that time period many a year ago. *So I knew many of the crests from research, including that one. Once I knew it was Legrey, the rest is just parlor tricks. *I had probably a 90% chance that it would be the english spelling \"Gray\" with probably a 9% chance of \"Grey\" and the remaining 1% for the other spellings carrying through. *Just parlor tricks where you can impress most of the people most of the time as long as you stay true to the statistics. Impressed me, cool that you were able to identify just from the picture alone

[Fetish]

wow this thread has really helped people....and i can stalk lisa more efficanlty now which is always a plus.

[TheTruth]

Origin Displayed: English Spelling variations include: Woolley, Wooley, Wooly and others. First found in Cheshire where they were seated in Longdendale. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Richard Wooley settled in Virginia in 1635; John Wooley settled in Virginia in 1623; Cicely Wooley arrived in Philadelphia in 1683; John Woolley arrived in Jamaica in 1663. Thats the Woolley family crest.

[Roller]

Wow a lot of you are pommies eh. I'm just trying to find my scottish clan on the net, McKinnon. I know we started a whisky company, which is pretty cool haha.