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George Manuel Burden
Elmsdale, Nova Scotia
Registration of Arms
December 15, 2015
Vol. VI, p. 579
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Blazon
Arms
Argent three pilgrim’s staves Gules, on a chief Azure a three-masted schooner proper;
Crest
A red spruce tree proper;
Motto
SALUS FAMILIAS;
Symbolism
Arms
Three pilgrim’s staves are often seen in arms of other families named Burden or Burdon. The schooner represents the Robert J. Dale, built in 1914 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and once captained by Dr. Burden’s grandfather, Captain George Thomas Burden. It also alludes to his great-uncle, Captain Eugene Burden, who surveyed Antarctica in 1947 and for whom the Burden Passage at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula was named.
Crest
The red spruce tree is the provincial tree of Nova Scotia, where Dr. Burden resides.
Motto
This Latin phrase, meaning “Health of the family,” alludes to the family medical practice of Dr. Burden.