The oldest one in the description: (est.1470)
" a free loyaltyman and traders in Stargard in Pommerania. May be promoted in the army up till Captain and lower Lieutenant."
 The armed hand with the sword stands for the free man who is allowed to carry weapons, and for the Loyalty who did his service to his kings army; the horseshoe stands for the name, which was a former profession and then choosen as a surname, also the waggonweel in the small coat of arms as a pendant on the chain around the helmet. And you have to know, a "Fuhrmann"- English "Carter"- in the old times (before 1200 to 1800) was in all ways a very respectable profession. He had to be a free man, because he was allowed to cross borders with his wagon and the freight without asking any supremacy besides the king and he had to look for the safety of the freight. (Others, as the bondage farmers who had to carry freight for their leaders, but never might cross any border) The (Neptunus) Trident stands for the trader who is trading his goods by ship over the sea ( The Fuhrmann-family from Stargard traded over the Baltic Sea).

 

The "Pastors-tribe". (est. 1510): Jacobus Fuhrmann was the second lutheran Pastor after the Reformation by Martin Luther. He was born and baptised as a Katholik. So he choose the protestant dubblecross in the field of the profession together with the red tulip as a symbol of the reborn faith.

"Our" tribe: (est.1670) Johann George Fuhrmann was the first pharmacist in the family and choose the Aesculap-stick with the snake as the symbol for his profession. And to him we are all descendants. After him, were 150 years Pharmacists in the family, before there was a break. And with my brother Felix, the pharmacy came back to the family (and his daughter is learning Pharmacy).