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Claude Joseph Bourret

Montréal, Quebec
Grant of Flags and a Badge
October 15, 2018
Vol. VII, p. 125

Flag of Claude Joseph Bourret

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Blazon

Flag

A standard, in hoist the Arms as recorded in Volume IV, page 13, the fly per fess Argent and Azure charged with the two Badges recorded in Volume V, page 536, and Volume VI, page 215, respectively, the Badge mentioned below and the Crest of the Arms, all separated by three bends sinister Or inscribed with the Motto in letters Sable;


Symbolism

Flag

The standard combines the emblems granted to Mr. Bourret. A decorative symbol, the standard bearer represents his ancestor Gilles Bourée, dressed in the colours of the flag of the Régiment de Carignan to which he belonged. The base alludes to Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, a region known for wheat growing and its elm trees, where he settled in the 17th century.