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Alexandra Anne Pellerin
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Badge
October 15, 2008
Vol. V, p. 357
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Blazon
Arms
Purpure a unicorn’s head erased Argent armed and crined Or between eight roses in orle Argent;
Crest
A demi-unicorn Argent armed and crined Or gorged of a collar of roses Purpure and supporting a rod of Aesculapius Argent;
Motto
MAIRIDH MISE;
Symbolism
Arms
The purple colour alludes to the eye colour that many in Ms. Pellerin’s family have when born. The unicorn represents the unicorns that she collects and is in memory of her grandmother who told her stories about them. The roses allude to the ones that her family grew.
Crest
The snake around the rod alludes to medicine and her work as a health care worker.
Motto
This phrase in Gaelic means “I will survive”.