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Individual Record for: Roger A. Eyman, (male)

     Full Name: Dr. Roger A. Eyman,

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The Eyman Crest

To begin with, you might be curious about the meaning of the crest. In short, the Eymann Family crest shows a blue chevron for a river, flowing through a metaphoric "meadow" of three heraldic roses. (german: Au, bernese/swiss german: Ey).
In German, you can separate both syllables gaining "Ey" and "mann". The meaning of "mann" is just "man", denoting some sort of heritage or profession which is connected with the "Ey". As the Eymann family stems from Switzerland, and Swiss German s ounds a little bit different from usual German, "Ey" is the same as "Au", which means meadow. Until today, those meadows who lie directly at the river banks and which are flooded during high water seasons are denoted as "Ey" in swiss maps. Which i s what you see in the crest.

The blue stripe (called a chevron, like the old petrol company) is a stylized symbol for a river, which flows through a bend. The roses are heraldic, meaning that they are not really roses, but also stylized symbols for any plants, e.g. grass. S o what you see in the crest is a bird's eye view of a river, flowing through meadows. Which explains the name in a visual way.

This kind of crest, which is constructed out of several heraldic modules, is very difficult to date. It is no clear when it was invented and what the reason for its existence is. The Eymann family have been poor farmers for most of the centuries , and a crest was mainly used by noble families (where it was necessary to mark their possessions even for the illiterate).

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