1954 Sterling Silver Scottish Clan Shank Shunk SPERO Medlock Craik Inverness

Description

Sterling Silver Scottish Clan Shanks Badge Pin Brooch
With the family motto "SPERO" meaning "I Hope"
Made in Inverness, Scotland by Medlock & Craik
With Edinburgh, Scotland Hallmarks dating to 1954.
Clan Shanks come from Galloway, Scotland
Family Spelling variations include:
Shonk, Shan, Shane, Shunk, Shenk, Shanks, Slack, Shack, Shuck, Schack and many others.
(the priests that recorded births and marriages were not good spellers.)
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Stephen Shank settled in the Barbados in 1663;
John George Shank arrived in Pennsylvania in 1770; John Shanks settled in Virginia in 1650;
another John Shanks arrived in Virginia in 1734