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Marie Claire Jeannine Allen

Gracefield, Quebec
Grant of Arms and Badge, with differences to Marie Éva Jeannine Ginette Lavigne, Marie Michelle Sylvie Lavigne, Joseph Rosaire Jean-Michel Pitre, Marie Françoise Stéfanie Pitre and Joseph Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix
January 20, 2011
Vol. VI, p. 25

Arms of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen

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Blazon

Arms

Gules a lion rampant guardant Erminois crowned with a coronet erablé Or;

Crest

Issuant from a coronet erablé Or a demi-lion Erminois holding a banner of the Arms;

Motto

NIHIL EST IMPOSSIBILE;


Symbolism

Arms

The leopard, or heraldic lion, is an animal with which Mrs. Allen strongly identifies. Red recalls the English heritage of her ancestors.

Crest

The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.

Motto

This Latin phrase means “Nothing is impossible”.