Mary who?

[Twinmum]

Can anyone work out what Mary's maiden name was please?

tia
Norma

[Joburg]

Hi,
   Ilsley???

regards

Joburg

[rbangorreg]

Hi Norma.
  Have a look at the Ilsley family crest.
 http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/ilsley-family-crest.htm

Reg.

[Tephra]

It looks like  Ilsley to me.


Barbara

[Twinmum]

Thanks guys.. no matter how I looked at it, I just couldn't get past thinking the first letter was an M.. but now I can see it, the s makes sense lol.

Thanks for the link to the crest bangorreg

Norma

[stanmapstone]

Hi Norma.
  Have a look at the Ilsley family crest.
 http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/ilsley-family-crest.htm

Reg.

It is a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on top of the helm.
There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. Coats of arms belong to individuals. For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past.http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm

Stan

[behindthefrogs]

Hi Norma.
  Have a look at the Ilsley family crest.
 http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/ilsley-family-crest.htm

Reg.

It is a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on top of the helm.
There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. Coats of arms belong to individuals. For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past.http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm

Stan

I would go a step further than you Stan and say that the crest shown on the site' which is linked to, is not one that any of my reference books associate with the Illsley family.  Also the shield seems extremely unlikely to be an English one going back to the dates that they claim.  I think the whole coat of arms is a commercial construction and would be interested if anyone can contradict me.

David