FAMILY GILSTRAP: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gilstrap

Coat of arms and family crest of Gilstrap.

Genealogy of family Gilstrap, origin of Gilstrap, provenance of the family name Gilstrap.

History and meaning for Gilstrap.

Gilstrap is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Gilstrap an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gilstrap:

1) The origin of the family name Gilstrap.

2) The meaning of the family name Gilstrap.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gilstrap.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gilstrap.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Gilstrap have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Gilstrap:

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Gilstrap appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Gilstrap and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Gilstrap is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* The family name Gilstrap appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Gilstrap as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Gilstrap

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Gilstrap:

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