The history behind our crest:
Sir William de Ormesby ~ Gules a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy Or. Together with Hugh de Cressingham's appointment as Chamberlain of Scotland, Edward I made Sir William de Ormesby the Justiciar. Scotland was in revolt during his term of office, so there was little he could achieve in the establishment of law and order. His family estates were in Lincolnshire and today it is based in Ireland.
Hi, I am interested in finding info the Ormsby clan, especially on my Great
Granddad George Edward Ormsby who was born in Lafayette IN USA about 1851 &
who married Bridget (Smith)Ormsby. George E. Ormsby's parents were Thomas & Winifred (Winney Hughes) Ormsby, who were possibly from Co. Mayo, West Meath
or West Mead/Maid Ireland.
I am in the process of researching this data now & would be interested in
hearing from other Ormsby's, distant relatives, friends or anyone else who may have information to contribute &/or share on the Ormsby family history. I live & work in Cocoa FL & I also maintain a web page & guest book at:
I have also attempted to transcribe the scanned Copy of my Great Aunt
Loretta K. Ormsby's family history letter given to Cousin Bill (Norman W.)
Ormsby. I tried to make the transcription as exact as I possible could form the copy of the hand written letter I had that was a little better than the scanned images. See the following link for image & my best transcription of her letter: