- 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;
Badge
Three roses Argent conjoined on one stem Vert enfiling a coronet erablé Or;
Differenced Arms for Marie Éva Jeannine Ginette Lavigne, daughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The Arms of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen debruised by a three-point label Argent; this individual will inherit the Arms of the Recipient following her death;
Differenced Arms for Marie Michelle Sylvie Lavigne, daughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The Arms of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen within a bordure Or;
Differenced Arms for Joseph Rosaire Jean-Michel Pitre, grandson of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The Arms of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen debruised of a five-point label Argent;
Differenced Arms for Marie Françoise Stéfanie Pitre, granddaughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The Arms of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen within a bordure Argent;
Differenced Arms for Joseph Jean Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix, grandson of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The Arms of his mother Marie Michelle Sylvie Lavigne debruised by a three-point label Argent;
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”.
Badge
The three roses refer to large roses grown by Mrs. Allen in her garden.
Differenced Arms for Marie Éva Jeannine Ginette Lavigne, daughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Differenced Arms for Marie Michelle Sylvie Lavigne, daughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Differenced Arms for Joseph Rosaire Jean-Michel Pitre, grandson of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Differenced Arms for Marie Françoise Stéfanie Pitre, granddaughter of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Differenced Arms for Joseph Jean Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix, grandson of Marie Claire Jeannine Allen
The symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 12, 2011, in Volume 145, page 3515 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Jean-Michel Pitre and Manon Labelle, Miramichi Herald, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Debra MacGarvie
Calligrapher
Doris Wionzek
Recipient Information
Individual