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FAMILY MCGOWAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Mcgowan.

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

History and meaning for Mcgowan.

Mcgowan 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 Mcgowan an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name Mcgowan is of Scottish patronymic origin of the proper name of gowan.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mcgowan:

1) The origin of the family name Mcgowan.

2) The meaning of the family name Mcgowan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mcgowan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mcgowan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Mcgowan:

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Mcgowan appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Mcgowan some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Mcgowan in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

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