- The Governor General of Canada
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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
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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”.