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eflection of the de Villiers coat of arms as described in the French archives.
On Jacob Isaac's death in 1880, the painting of the coat of arms passed to his
brother Paul, also an attorney. When Paul died in 1917 the painting was
bequeathed to his surviving son James Henry, a medical practitioner in
Rondebosch. James Henry and his wife Marie had two sons, Lindsay and Paul,
who were both killed on active service in the 1939-45 war. When James Henry
died in 1955, the painting was placed in the care of his daughter Doreen until
Lindsay's son, John Lindsay, the present owner, became of age. In this way the
tradition of the family coat of arms being passed down in the male line was
preserved.
I am convinced that the painting depicted here, accurately reflects the coat of
arms as originally granted, and recorded in the archives in Paris.
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De Villiers, D.P. : A History of the De Villiers Family. Cape Town. Nasionale
Boekhandel, 1960.
Fox-Davies, A.C. : A complete guide to Heraldry. London, 1925.
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Die de Villiers-Klankbaan
Johan Combrink
Summary:
The sounds of words borrowed from another language are often changed to fit
the sound pattern of the borrowing language. Names are no exception and
practically all the Christian names and surnames of the French Huguenots were
changed under the influence of 17th century Dutch and other languages spoken
at the Cape. From the 19th century onward, English also began to influence the
pronunciation of French names in South Africa.
French sounds were replaced by similar sounds of the languages spoken at the
Cape; stress often shifted, and in certain cases the pronunciation was completely
changed according to the spelling of the name. De Villiers has at least three
Dutch/Afrikaans pronunciations: "de fill yeeh", "de ville yeeh" and "de fill eehrs".
Sometimes the de part of the surname may be omitted. Since the end of the 19th
century, the English pronunciation of de Villiers was used more and more by
Afrikaans-speaking members of the family. To-day de Villiers is the only
Huguenot surname of which the English pronunciation is preferred by the
majority of Afrikaans-speaking people. They claim that this pronunciation causes
the least misunderstanding.
Die voorname en vanne van die Franse Hugenote en hul nasate het byna almal
uitspraakaanpassings in Suid-Afrika ondergaan. Die klanke van Kaapse
Hooghollands, Maleis, later Afrikaans en nog later Engels, het dié van die
17de-eeuse Frans, minstens gedeeltelik, vervang. Die vreemde "wha" van die
Franse "duu twha" (Du Toit) het byvoorbeeld "ooi" geword in "de tooi". Die
vreemde begin van die Franse "sj" in Charl(es) en "zj" in Jeanette het albei "s"
geword: Sarel en Sanet.
In talle gevalle het daar aksent- of klemverskuiwing plaasgevind. Byvoorbeeld die