Sometime between and 1950 and 1955 my grandfather Dudley Howery and cowboy dad Dudley Jr. (aka Ridge Durand) bought a ranch property near Tie Siding, Wyoming. That’s the best date I’ve come up with so far. The 1950 Census shows them both in Laramie, but when I was born we were already living on the…
Category: Heraldry
Durand Coat of Arms
Did our immigrant ancestor Dr. John Durand (1664–1727) have a coat of arms? I don’t think so. John (Jean) Durand (1664-1727) was a French Huguenot, orginally from the Île de Ré, near LaRochelle. He came to America about 1685, eventually settling at Derby, Connecticut. The usual reference for John Durand’s coat of arms is Bolton’s…
Luce Coat of Arms
There is no proven coat of arms for American immigrant Henry Luce (c1640-aft 1689) and his descendants. Henry’s ancestry is unknown, so we cannot connect him to any European family, nor is there any record he himself used a coat of arms. The arms widely attributed to the Luces in America are: Arms: Azure a…
Swedish Heraldic Society
I’m a sometime member of the Swedish Heraldic Society (Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen). I sort of rolled into it, from years ago when Magnus Bäckmark included my grandfather Harry Swanstrom’s coat of arms in his armorial roll at Gröna stubben. Probably about 1998, or a bit earlier. At this point I feel like I’ve known Magnus most…
More on Gallop
A few months ago Stephen Plowman wrote about the Gallop coat of arms as recorded in the 1677 Visitation of Dorset. It’s an interesting topic for me because I’m a descendant of immigrant Capt. John Gallop (c1593-1650) — like so many other Americans. Now Plowman is back with more on the Gallops. This time the question is…