"Sarah Edith Robinson was born, a twin to Lewis Kennison Robinson, on September 10, 1875 to Thomas Smith and Abbie Hannah (Kelley) Robinson in Tremont, Maine. Sarah married Frank Louis Black (1867-1946), Samuel B. and Mercy Jane (Leach) Black, (his other wife was Ellen J. Brown (1876-)) on October 29, 1891 in Tremont. Sarah and Frank had four children: Everett Joseph Black (1892-1936) – married Bessie Emeline Joyce Edward Clifford Black (1895-1985) – married Beatrice M. Seavey Bertha May Black (1896-1982) – married Archie Bickford and Milton Frederick Torrey Samuel Louis Black (1900-1987) – married Vivian Emile Gray, Lillian Bernice Kimball and Bernice V. Farley Sarah, her husband Frank, her son, Samuel Lewis Black, her father Thomas Smith Robinson, her twin brother Lewis Kennison Robinson, her brother Joseph Kelley Robinson and her brother Thomas A. Robinson all worked on the crew processing sardines at the Alton E. Farnsworth Fish Factory on Freeman Wharf. Sarah was known to have a beautiful singing voice and perfect pitch. Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black died on September 18, 1932 in Southwest Harbor. “Frank Black's house was built near the home of Thomas Robinson, Mrs. Black's father, and was moved to its present site on the Manset Road near the corner of the Bass Harbor road in 1916.” – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 181 - 1938"
Description: "Sarah Edith Robinson was born, a twin to Lewis Kennison Robinson, on September 10, 1875 to Thomas Smith and Abbie Hannah (Kelley) Robinson in Tremont, Maine. Sarah married Frank Louis Black (1867-1946), Samuel B. and Mercy Jane (Leach) Black, (his other wife was Ellen J. Brown (1876-)) on October 29, 1891 in Tremont. Sarah and Frank had four children: Everett Joseph Black (1892-1936) – married Bessie Emeline Joyce Edward Clifford Black (1895-1985) – married Beatrice M. Seavey Bertha May Black (1896-1982) – married Archie Bickford and Milton Frederick Torrey Samuel Louis Black (1900-1987) – married Vivian Emile Gray, Lillian Bernice Kimball and Bernice V. Farley Sarah, her husband Frank, her son, Samuel Lewis Black, her father Thomas Smith Robinson, her twin brother Lewis Kennison Robinson, her brother Joseph Kelley Robinson and her brother Thomas A. Robinson all worked on the crew processing sardines at the Alton E. Farnsworth Fish Factory on Freeman Wharf. Sarah was known to have a beautiful singing voice and perfect pitch. Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black died on September 18, 1932 in Southwest Harbor. “Frank Black's house was built near the home of Thomas Robinson, Mrs. Black's father, and was moved to its present site on the Manset Road near the corner of the Bass Harbor road in 1916.” – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 181 - 1938" [show more]
Wilkinson - Mary Jane (Wilkinson) Gilley (1836-1917) Gilley - John Gilley (1822-1896) Note the care with which Mary Jane Gilley arranged her front room curtains, one draped left and one draped right to frame her view.
Description: Wilkinson - Mary Jane (Wilkinson) Gilley (1836-1917) Gilley - John Gilley (1822-1896) Note the care with which Mary Jane Gilley arranged her front room curtains, one draped left and one draped right to frame her view.
2nd from left - Sophmore - Byron Lewis Robinson (1899-1971) Photograph taken the year Byron left school for service in the U.S. Navy in 1917 Middle girl in 2nd row (without hat) - Doris E. Torrey (1900-1990) - later Mrs. Howard E. Robinson - sister-in-law to Byron
Description: 2nd from left - Sophmore - Byron Lewis Robinson (1899-1971) Photograph taken the year Byron left school for service in the U.S. Navy in 1917 Middle girl in 2nd row (without hat) - Doris E. Torrey (1900-1990) - later Mrs. Howard E. Robinson - sister-in-law to Byron
Left to Right: Vera Abby (Robinson) Mitchell (1898-1964) - daughter of Lewis Kennison Robinson Elsie May (Robinson) Dolliver (1903-1984) - daughter of Lewis Kennison Robinson Harold Newman Robinson (1909-1987) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Byron Lewis Robinson (1899-1971) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Lewis Kennison Robinson (1874-1958)
Description: Left to Right: Vera Abby (Robinson) Mitchell (1898-1964) - daughter of Lewis Kennison Robinson Elsie May (Robinson) Dolliver (1903-1984) - daughter of Lewis Kennison Robinson Harold Newman Robinson (1909-1987) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Byron Lewis Robinson (1899-1971) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) - son of Lewis Kennison Robinson Lewis Kennison Robinson (1874-1958)
"A picture of Byron Robinson in plaid jacket and friend on ice in middle of Somes Sound, February 11, 1934. They were walking to Greenings Island where they shingled a farmhouse on the point at 34° below zero." - The Bar Harbor Times, January 29, 1981, p. 5.
Description: "A picture of Byron Robinson in plaid jacket and friend on ice in middle of Somes Sound, February 11, 1934. They were walking to Greenings Island where they shingled a farmhouse on the point at 34° below zero." - The Bar Harbor Times, January 29, 1981, p. 5.