FAMILY FISHER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fisher

Coat of arms and family crest of Fisher.

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

History and meaning for Fisher.

Fisher 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 Fisher 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 Fisher:

1) The origin of the family name Fisher.

2) The meaning of the family name Fisher.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fisher.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fisher.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

* Russia or the Russian Empire.

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Russian heraldry and nobility, by Donald R. Mandich and Joseph A. Placek.

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The family Fisher 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 Fisher 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 Fisher is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

That the last name Fisher is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Fisher are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Fisher, to know the fights of nobility of the Fisher, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Fisher, honorary offices or public offices of the Fisher.

The history and heraldry of the family name Fisher appears in the Obschii Gerbobnik Dvorianskikh Rodov Vserossiiskoi (Russian Heraldry and Nobility), a magnificent book of heraldry and history of Russian noble family names, such as name Fisher, translated to English. This work was published by the Russian government in series from the year 1797 to 1840 and contains 2,198 surnames with its history and heraldic shield, among which is the family name Fisher. Heraldry appeared in Russia later than in Western Europe; It is generally accepted that it was copied from the west since the late seventeenth century. In the year 1722 the Emperor Peter I the Great established an Official Heraldry leaded by a Master of Heraldry under the jurisdiction of the Russian Senate. The first Vice-Master of Russian heraldry was an Italian. Under the Emperor Paul (1796-1801), since 1797 and for many decades, the Russian government accepted and published all the heraldic coats of arms nad family crests accepted and recognized. Not all the families collaborated in the registry, so there are more weapons in Russian heraldry than those collected in this work. Yes the family of the last name collaborated Fisher.

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

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:

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* 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.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

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

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

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