The Allaire Family
Crest
Drawn and designed by the
Rev. Lucien Godbout
of the Seminary of Quebec
for the Tricentennial celebration
(1658 - 1958) of the
Allaire-Dallaire family.
"Loyal and
Independent"
The Allaire Family
Coat of Arms
The cutting section
of the french shield indicates that it is divided in two parts with band of
ermine inbetween:
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The first
cutting is a field of red fabric that
contains two towers and a floral bouquet, all in gold. It
symbolizes Poitou, France, the land where Jean and Charles Allaire (the
two towers) were born. The golden flower bouquet represents the
first known Allaire ancestor, Guillaume (William), the father of Sebastien
Allaire and the grandfather of Jean and Charles Allaire.
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The second cutting
is a field of blue fabric that contains three
fluer-de-lis. The first fluer-de-lis
symbolizes Quebec, the adopted country of Charles and Jean Allaire.
The second represents the Isle of Orleans, where the two brothers
established themselves. The third stand for the ancestral land on
the island, first acquired in 1677 and handed down from generation to
generation until the present day.
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The band of
ermine in the center represents
Brittany, where there is a small agricultural community in Morbihan
department that bears the Allaire name. It is located two
miles west of Redon, with a population of 3012 in the year 1993. It
is well known in France for its pottery manufacturing and for the
megalithic monuments that are found nearby.
There is a crest on
top of the shield:
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