Board: Message Boards > Surnames > Ironside URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.ironside/38.1.1.1/mb.ashx Subject: Re: family tree back to 802 a.d. Author: eesmie Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003 Classification: Query Surnames:
Hi Lorne, Many thanks for passing that book on to a possible relative. You see,being an Ironside(my mother's maiden name) I too have one of those books (currently mislaid...buried deep in years of accumulation!). From memory it has a dark blue hard cover, into which is imprinted an emblem consisting of a cross, with crosslets, over which is enscribed the words "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" ..... roughly meaning "Beneath This Cross I Conquor". I vaguely remember this to have been reputed to be King Alfred's motto. Yes, I am British, and live in "Wessex" ....Alfred's territory! ... not far from Winchester, and Chippenham, both of which were Alfred's strongholds. Don't know of a "Dover" line, but apparantly there was some emigration to Canada from the Scottish line. Regards ....Mike
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