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.
“Vilda S. Robbins - Mrs. John T. Knowlton,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/416.Item 7162
