George William McGoff
Registration number 20080128H
This certifies that the heraldic arms of
George William McGoff
which honor his grandfather Henry McGoff are registered and described by the blazon below
Arms: Quarterly Azure and Argent, 1 a horse head erased crowned with an ancient Irish crown, 2 a tower, 3 a cross bottony, 4 a dexter hand couped apaume all counterchanged.
Crest: Out of a wreath Argent and Azure, a sinister cubit arm the hand inside a baseball catcher’s mit charged on the palm with a baseball Proper.
Mantling: Gules, lined Argent.
Motto: Above the shield, Saoirse
Badge: Within a circlet Azure, charged with the motto in Argent, out of a wreath Argent and Azure, a demi-horse rearing crowned with an ancient Irish crown Argent, langued and hoofed Azure.
Badge: On a baseball between the seams, the stripes of an U.S. Army Air Corps TSgt (E-6) Proper.
Biographical note
Third son of George Francis McGoff and Elena E. MacAuley. Former TSgt US Army Air Coprs WWII. Minor League baseball player. Former Union Shop Steward for meat packing and concrete manufacturing plants.
Ancestors who bore these arms
- Father: George Francis McGoff, 1867-1953, Iowa
- GFather: Henry McGoff, 1830-1929, Ireland & Iowa
Registered by
Dennis MacGoff
Categories
Personal, Ancestral, US, M, G