Talk:Washburn

Washburn family coat of arms
There are no "family" coats of arms -- arms are granted to individuals and may be inherited.

Henry Bradford Washburn of National Geographic fame is one of the most interesting contemporary Washburns and should be added.
 * Then add him. -- Earl Andrew - talk 22:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

It's odd that the page doesn't name this person who was knighted in 1066 and was granted the coat of arms. I've temporarily described him as "an early Washburn," although that is almost certainly incorrect -- if he was granted the lands in 1066 (i.e. did not become Robert Squarepants, First Lord Washburn until 1066) then his name is unlikely to be Washburn at all. Evidence on this point seems needed.

What is clear is that the coat of arms cannot be a "Washburn family coat of arms" because there is no such thing. The coat of arms was given to that "early Washburn" and any descendants (who would also have the last name Squarepants, not Washburn), not a family.

It's also odd that the page describes someone (presumably a different person from Squarepants, since his last name is Washburn) as a "founder" of a family -- is that a common concept in genealogy? If he had parents, and they had the same last name, did he really "found" a family?

--Edit07 19:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure who this squarepants person is you speak of. If you have any squables over the page, I would invite you to check out the sources at the bottom of the page. -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)