"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"
“Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black, Mrs. Frank Louis Black,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 22, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/938.Item 9562
