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Claude Joseph Daniel Bigras

Montréal, Quebec
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge, with differences to Alain Joseph Richard Maurice Bigras, Julien Joseph Claude Lafleur Bigras and Émilie Irène-Carmen Pelletier
December 15, 2020
Vol. VII, p. 308

Differenced Arms of Émilie Irène-Carmen Pelletier, stepchild of Claude Joseph Daniel Bigras

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Differenced Arms of Émilie Irène-Carmen Pelletier, stepchild of Claude Joseph Daniel Bigras

The Arms of Claude Joseph Daniel Bigras with the Azure field of the Arms semé of ermine spots Argent;


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Differenced Arms of Émilie Irène-Carmen Pelletier, stepchild of Claude Joseph Daniel Bigras

The ermine spots refer to her surname, Pelletier (French for “furrier”), a term historically used to designate someone who prepared and sold furs.