My neighbor, John, prepared a .jpg image for me of the Kruidenier coat-of-arms that I received from my father. (Thanks, John!) After posting it to the Kruidenier Family Group on Facebook, Sebes Kruidenier (Netherlands) wrote the following:
William - this is indeed the coat of arms of the Kruidenier family.
From a footnote from the "official" Kruidenier geneaology book:
"This is a 19th century wax print from a collection, that the Mayor of West- and East-Souburg (named Kruidenier) started using in 1941 as coat of arms for the Kruidenier family."
So unfortunately not an ancient registry, but claimed in Worldwar II.
Cheers. Sebes.
Interesting note. Bummer regarding the relative contemporaneity of the coat's relation to Kruideniers. Still cool though.
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