COAT OF ARMS

Description

 A name that unites us
 

COAT :  Red, draped with a sky-blue ribbon showing four silver fish and a « fleur de Lys ». At the upper right hand corner, a sheaf of four golden wheat plants. At the lower left hand corner, a gold castle with red masonry.

 

 

MEANING :

• The red, the gold and the castle relate to the coat of arms of Poitou region of France, the origin of our ancestor Jean Baudet.
   

• The ribbon of azure blue reminds us of the Atlantic Ocean and the St-Lawrence River. The « Fleur de Lys » represents France and New France.
   

• The fish (4) and the sheaf of wheat (4) represent our ancestors' four sons, Charles, Jean-Baptiste, Michel and Jacques who were all farmers and fishermen.
   

MOTTO « Un nom qui nous unit » :

 

« A name that unites us ». This motto was adopted at the annual general meeting of September 22nd, 2001.