Special to the Tribune
HOLLADAY -- Robert E. Knowlden, 89, 1523 Woodland Ave., father in law of Utah Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon, died Sunday at 1 p.m. in a Salt Lake rest home after a lingering illness.
Mr. Knowlden at one time a deputy in the U.S. marshal's office in Provo, spent most of his life as a candy and grocery salesman. He had been associated with John Scowcroft and Sons Co. and Shupe-Williams Candy Co. of Ogden, ZCMI, the Utah Wholesale Grocery and the J. G. McDonald Candy Co. of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Knowlden was born May 30, 1868 in Coalville (Utah) and lived in Provo (Utah) until moving to Salt Lake City in 1918.
He was a member of the Wilford Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He held a life membership in the Provo Boat Club.
On Nov. 8, 1890, he married Mabel Twelves of Provo. She died Feb. 23, 1936. In 1938 he married Mary Noall Berryman Berger.
Survivors include his widow: a son and two daughters by his first wife, Robert E. Jr., Vallejo, Calif.; Mrs. Henry Aldous (Lucile) Dixon, Ogden and Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Hugh C. (Helen) Patrick, Smithfield, Cache County (Utah); 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, Leslie R. Pocatello, Idaho; William John, Salt Lake City; Mrs. William Busby, San Jose, Calif.; Mrs. Georgia (May) Broome, Ogden.
Published Monday, 16 Sept 1957 on page 28, column 4 in the Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah). Obituary included a photography.
COMMENT: Obituary, Social Security Death Index and Utah Death Certificate give his birth year as 1868, but headstone says 1869.
Special to the Tribune
HOLLADAY -- Robert E. Knowlden, 89, 1523 Woodland Ave., father in law of Utah Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon, died Sunday at 1 p.m. in a Salt Lake rest home after a lingering illness.
Mr. Knowlden at one time a deputy in the U.S. marshal's office in Provo, spent most of his life as a candy and grocery salesman. He had been associated with John Scowcroft and Sons Co. and Shupe-Williams Candy Co. of Ogden, ZCMI, the Utah Wholesale Grocery and the J. G. McDonald Candy Co. of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Knowlden was born May 30, 1868 in Coalville (Utah) and lived in Provo (Utah) until moving to Salt Lake City in 1918.
He was a member of the Wilford Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He held a life membership in the Provo Boat Club.
On Nov. 8, 1890, he married Mabel Twelves of Provo. She died Feb. 23, 1936. In 1938 he married Mary Noall Berryman Berger.
Survivors include his widow: a son and two daughters by his first wife, Robert E. Jr., Vallejo, Calif.; Mrs. Henry Aldous (Lucile) Dixon, Ogden and Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Hugh C. (Helen) Patrick, Smithfield, Cache County (Utah); 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, Leslie R. Pocatello, Idaho; William John, Salt Lake City; Mrs. William Busby, San Jose, Calif.; Mrs. Georgia (May) Broome, Ogden.
Published Monday, 16 Sept 1957 on page 28, column 4 in the Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah). Obituary included a photography.
COMMENT: Obituary, Social Security Death Index and Utah Death Certificate give his birth year as 1868, but headstone says 1869.
Family Members
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Mary Ann Emma Knowlden Frenette
1858–1927
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Rachel Jane Knowlden Shupp
1859–1946
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Louisa Burdetta Knowlden
1864–1865
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Mabel Lizzie Knowlden
1875–1876
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Florence Irene Knowlden Andreason
1877–1948
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Thomas Bright Knowlden Jr
1872–1879
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Ernest Henry Knowlden
1874–1874
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Louis Edward Knowlden
1876–1877
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Lilly Emma Busby
1877–1968
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William John Knowlden
1885–1963
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Albert Edward Knowlden
1888–1946
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Alva Henry Knowlden
1888–1918
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Leonard Wilford Knowlden
1890–1947
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Georgia Mae Knowlden Broome
1893–1980
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Robert Leslie Knowlden
1895–1969
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