Thursday 1 July 2010

REYNISH OR RAINES COAT OF ARMS?




This blog may be a little controversial and Pat would welcome input and discussion about it. Here is a photo of the Coat of Arms that the REYNISH New Zealand cousins have adopted and put on their cake at their reunion in February 2010.

The same image appears in the frontispiece of the story of the New Zealand immigrant written by Denise & Tony Crafts.
However when trying to find out more about the heraldry Pat came across the same coat of arms for the family RAINES. Please see the URL below for House of Names website below. It is believed that this company is based in Canada.
Pat has not come across RAINES as a variant of REYNISH as yet. Could someone please enlighten her to where this claim to the coat of arms originated please as she collects all evidence.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION....
23 September 2010
Further to this subject please see the Surname database entry:
RAINE is included here as a diminutive variant of RENISH

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