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Colin Robert Johnson

Toronto, Ontario
Grant of Arms, with differences to Andrea Ellen MacLean, Rachel Jessica Johnson and Timothy Colin Miller Johnson
August 15, 2014
Vol. VI, p. 435

Crest of Colin Robert Johnson

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Blazon

Crest

Issuant from a circlet of trilliums Argent, a bookwheel Gules its books Argent;


Symbolism

Crest

The bookwheel, a 16th century invention for consulting several books at once, alludes to the Johnson family’s love of books and learning. The trillium flowers refer to Ontario, as well as to the fact that Archbishop Johnson’s father served as a member of the Ontario Legislature.