Justin, Good article. Do you have more to share on Coat of Arms? Can you post the German article for our files? Fred --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "Justin C.S. Howery" <jhowery@tde.com> To: HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HOWERY-L] Coat of arms Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:29:43 -0600 If anyone is interested in the "real" Hauri coat of arms: it is probably Azure a dove volant Argent beaked and legged Gules [blue shield, white dove flying facing left, red beak and legs]. These are the arms used about 1415 by one of the Canons Regular at the Collegiate Church of Beromuenster. The Beromuenster Hauris were the original stem-family of the Hauris at Sursee, Reinach, and Schoeftland, and probably also of the Hauris elsewhere in Canton Aargau. There is a beautiful illustration of these arms in the Liber Vitae of Beromuenster (a book in which the church recorded the names of those for whom the Canons said annual prayers of remembrance). Unlike many other European countries, the Swiss did not associate coats of arms only with the nobility. Almost every burgher family had a coat of arms (which is still true today). Every official of any sort had to have a coat of arms for use on his official seal. For the Hauris, there are quite a few variations of the above coat of arms as used by different descendants of the Beromuenster family in their various capacities over the centuries. Most of the variations have a blue shield, a white dove, and generally a few other objects (often a millrind, in allusion the the Hauri's traditional occupation of miller). As an interesting sidelight, I have a copy of an article (in German) that argues that the dove used by the Hauris was originally a gamecock (fighting rooster with his comb and wattle cut off) and that the arms were a visual pun on the name Hauri (= a too loud person). According to the article, poor draghtsmanship accounts for the rooster being turned into a dove over the course of successive drawings. I'm no authority on birds, but there might be some truth to this. When I showed my aunt the picture from the Liber Vitae she asked why in the world the coat of arms is a chicken. I then had the pleasure of explaining that it only looks like a chicken :) Justin C.S. Howery Denver, Colorado jhowery@tde.com http://www.members.tde.com/jhowery -----Original Message----- From: S J Hulett [mailto:marcompro@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 1:00 AM To: HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOWERY-L] Data from "JAKOB HAURY DESCENDANTS" book. FRED re Coats of Arms...Suggest anyone receiving anything from Halberts or anything relating to genealogy from Bath Ohio should be wary. These folks are Charletans and are operating under many names.. it would be more profitable to flush your money down the toilet than to mail it to them! Shirley --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]