Another Coat of Arms

           Copy ofNewspaper Clipping, dated June 28, 1889 LIFE IN FLORIDA by ALBERTUS VOGT THE WITHLACOOCHEE “The water-lily dips its vase of snowOn many a shallow cove along whose graceful edge the purple flowers grow And dappled river beds and tufted sedge,And in the stream beneath their image liesMirrored like beauty in a lover’s eyes.” Almost immediately on…

Below follows an article written by my grandmother, Mary Vogt Duval. I never new I had ancestors from Hamilton, Ontario! A kind, loving, thoughtful, caring lady with a wonderfulsense of humor are the words to describe our grandmother, allfive feet, three inches of her.  She was a brunette with veryfair skin and bright, clear blue eyes,…

North StreetLakeland (FL) 1914 To-my-Sweetheart (Dedicated to Marguerite.)now my wife God’s truest artist wrought your formWith subtle graces in its curves,And strength and beauty to adornA Goddess such as you deserveTo make you divine, “My Sweetheart.” Your guardian angel at your birth, Brought down from out the skies Two wide blue townships in the earth,…

I don’t know whether to call this a plaque or a surfing tray, but this hung in my grandparents house for many years. I can see at the bottom of the artist is named H. Wein and the inscription says: Mr. and Mrs. William Vassie Vogt request the honor of your presence at the marriage…

My grandmother maintains many records about our family, which I believe my mother has now, but here follows a little bit of what I have: Images

This is taken from a newspaper article, written by Albertus Vogt, and publishedin the Ocala Daily Banner, Wednesday, August 10, 1910. Albertus describes his early family life in Hancock County, Georgia, during theCivil War: “No man is more grateful in his remembrance to the faith of the coloredpeople, kept as slaves to their owners’ families…