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The
two pheons represent the
name Davidson, the
maternal side of the
armiger’s family. This
family can be traced
back to the 1500s in
Dunfermline, Fife,
Scotland (Kaete Mutray
m. Hendrie 1567).
Ancestors in the 1800s
include: Margaret Morgan
m. Robert circa 1809,
Mary Sharp m. Robert
1854, Isabella Westwater
m. Birrell 1876). The
name Birrell is unusual
as a first name, and is
very emblematic of this
Davidson branch. It was
brought into the family
by the Sharp sisters
whose father’s first
name was Birrell (Mary’s
sister, Helen, married
Robert’s brother,
James). Thereafter,
there were numerous
Birrell Davidsons
(including the armiger's
grandfather and uncle)
and the name still
exists in the family
today. The armiger is a
member of the Clan
Davidson Association UK,
who hold extensive
records on this family.
The black chevron
represents a coal seam
with the pit wheel in
chief. Both sides of the
armiger’s family worked
in the local pits and
she was born and brought
up in a mining community
in Fife, Scotland. She
now lives in Paris,
France.
The black Wee Willie
Winkie candlestick and
red candle on a gold
background represent the
name Kyle, the paternal
side of the armiger’s
family. The poem Wee
Williie Winkie is well
known in Scotland.
Although the family name
became Coyle, via Coil,
after their arrival in
Kilsyth, Scotland from
Donegal, Ireland, Kyle
was the original family
name (John Kyle m.Helen
McIntyre circa early
1800s) . The armiger is
also a member of the
Kyle Family Society.
The lion symbolises the
armiger’s sign of the
zodiac and also alludes
to the lion rampant of
Scotland. He holds a
flaming sword, which is
the meaning of the
armiger’s first name.
The motto is inspired
from that of the Clan
Davidson.
The armiger would like
to thank Xavier
Fairforth Rippon, Michel
Davidson and Laurent
Granier for their
encouragement and help
in the creation of her
armorial achievement.
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