Eleanor Mayo, in whose photographic collection the photograph appears, calls her "Aunt Bertha." Willa Bertha (Hatfield) Cook was the sister-in-law of the third cousin twice removed of Eleanor Mayo.
Description: Eleanor Mayo, in whose photographic collection the photograph appears, calls her "Aunt Bertha." Willa Bertha (Hatfield) Cook was the sister-in-law of the third cousin twice removed of Eleanor Mayo.
Vilda S. Robbins was born to Charles D. (I) and Sarah Maria (Dow) Robbins on March 24, 1864 in Tremont, Maine. Vilda married John T. Knowlton (1858-1923) on January 31, 1881 in Tremont. Vilda and John had one daughter, Gertrude M. Knowlton, a nurse who went to live in Boston. Vilda ran a dry goods store from their home in McKinley, Maine, and advertised herself as a "dressmaker and dealer in dry & fancy goods." She also contracted for and sold postcards of the McKinley area. - “The Island of Mount Desert Register with The Cranberry Isles 1909-10,” compiled by Lawton, Jordan & Maddox, Auburn, Maine, Published by the Lawton-Jordan Co., p. 306 – 1909-1910 Vilda S. (Robbins) Knowlton died on April 29, 1963 in Hampden, Maine at the age of 99.
Description: Vilda S. Robbins was born to Charles D. (I) and Sarah Maria (Dow) Robbins on March 24, 1864 in Tremont, Maine. Vilda married John T. Knowlton (1858-1923) on January 31, 1881 in Tremont. Vilda and John had one daughter, Gertrude M. Knowlton, a nurse who went to live in Boston. Vilda ran a dry goods store from their home in McKinley, Maine, and advertised herself as a "dressmaker and dealer in dry & fancy goods." She also contracted for and sold postcards of the McKinley area. - “The Island of Mount Desert Register with The Cranberry Isles 1909-10,” compiled by Lawton, Jordan & Maddox, Auburn, Maine, Published by the Lawton-Jordan Co., p. 306 – 1909-1910 Vilda S. (Robbins) Knowlton died on April 29, 1963 in Hampden, Maine at the age of 99. [show more]