what is th Gibson coat of arms?

Answer 1

Hey SLG,

With origins in either Germany or Scotland, and years of not being passed on, a coat of arms is not significant. But here are some results for you anyway. Consider doing your Family Tree, as it is much more significant and meaningful.

Answer 2

Ted Pack is right after a point.

There are two things to look at if you want to know about a coat of arms.
1 Which country issued the Coat of Arms Germany, Britain(covers Scotland Wales and Ireland), France, Italy Spain Greece , Austria , Russia the United States, Canada, and Mexico have Colleges of coats of arms there may be more I don't know. That is these people keep records of all coats of arms that are legal to be used in that country. If you are Directly related you may use a coat of arms.

Coats of arms are issued when you are given a title, or if the ruler of that country says you may have a coat of arms. It is registered with the college of arms and it is your until either your line dies out or the ruler takes it away.

In the US Canada and Mexico Coats of arms were issued to members of Families who were related to coated families in England or were granted them by application Washington, Adams and Franklin all have Coats of Arms.

My family has at least 2 coats of arms that I may use one's from England issued in 1620 and ones from the US issued in 1752.

So go to the web an search for the Gibson Arms and be ready. Also read a book on heraldry so that you can understand the coat you will be suprices by what you learn.

Answer 3

This is a text file I copy because I'm a slow typist. If you asked about a family crest instead of a family coat of arms, you should know that a crest is just the top part of a coat of arms.

With a couple of rare exceptions from Eastern Europe, coats of arms were given to specific individuals, not families. The oldest legitimate son inherits it.

Suppose Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Richard Smith and Sir Harold Smith all get Coats of Arms in 1512. By 2006 there is one legitimate eldest son of eldest son of eldest son . . . each, for a total of three men. (Unless someone died before he had a son.)

BUT - there are four million Smiths in the US, England, Canada, Australia, plus the branch of the family in Argentina started in 1912, after the trouble with the bank auditors in Philadelphia.

You are a merchant, selling plaques, coffee mugs, T-shirts and parchment-colored paper scrolls with coats of arms on them. (Everything is high quality, low cost, of course.) Hmmmm. Which would get you more sales - to sell them to those three eldest sons, or to the four MILLION people with surname Smith, including some who were "Schmidt" or "Smithkowski" or "Wjoschmitz" before they came through Ellis Island?

You can see why some people would want to advertise "Family" Coats of Arms. They can sell them to every Tom, Dick and Harry. To be fair to them, they are meeting a need. People want to think of their ancestors as riding down the lane in a shining coat of armor, not mucking out the kinghtly stable. If there wasn't a huge demand for "Family" coats of arms, there wouldn't be merchants vending same.

What you get with a "Family" coat of arms is a C of A that was once awarded to someone with that surname, usually. If they get an order for 50 T-shirts for a reunion and can't find a C of A that had ever been awarded to someone of that surname, you get the best guess of the guy in the graphics department, who uses a lot of lions rampant on a crimson field with verdant argules.

Wikipedia has articles on Coats of Arms and heraldry, if you are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry

Answer 4

I have seen 2 different coat of arms. One (Irish) is in blue and orange of a lion holding a diamond.
The second (Scottish) is a metal helmet with a crown and it sits on a blue sheild that has three birds (2 above the third) that look like cranes but I have read they are pelicans. RECTE ET FIDELITER whatever that means.

Answer 5

Gibson Coat Of Arms