The 1861 Census for Canada West finds Robert and Sarah
still in Dalhousie Township and with 5 children still at home.
Gavin, Robert..................age 62
Gavin, Sarah...........................55
Gavin, Sloan S.C.....................20
Gavin, Elizabeth.....................18
Gavin, Robert.........................15
Gavin, William.......................13
Gavin, Margaret.....................10
(1 female / 2 males going to school)
Two older daughters had married before 1861.
Sarah Miller Gavin married Robert Houstin Horn
September 9, 1853
Ellen Gavin married William Matthie in 1857
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
1831 - 1898
1841-1901
1846-1912
1851-1915
Mrs. Gavin died in 1925 (not 28)
As a young wife
60th Birthday - Sept / 1906
She saved her mother's letters and photos....
Frank Gavin, Grandson of Robert Gavin and Elizabeth Ferguson
Family History of ROBERT GAVIN and SARAH MILLER
Banner Photo Above
Christmas 1904
Family of Robert Gavin and Margaret Forbes Horn probably taken in Bracebridge at the home of Albert Gavin. Robert and Margaret were still alive at this time but do not appear in the photo. See November 19, 2009 for the full photo.
Family of Robert Gavin and Margaret Forbes Horn probably taken in Bracebridge at the home of Albert Gavin. Robert and Margaret were still alive at this time but do not appear in the photo. See November 19, 2009 for the full photo.
Introduction
Most information on this blog has been taken from well-known genealogy websites and is public knowledge. However, many hours of searching, assembling, and typing have gone into preparing it in this format. If you 'copy and paste' sections to your own research, please acknowledge my blog. The photos have been shared by family members. Please acknowledge the website as the source, as I do not put names of living people on the blog.
Thank You
This blog is dedicated to compiling information about Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller and their descendants. The 1841 Scottish census records that Robert was a hand loom weaver born in Ireland. The couple and their young family emigrated from Lanarkshire after 1841, taking up land in Poland, Dalhousie Twp in Lanark County, Ontario. This is their story.
Thank You
This blog is dedicated to compiling information about Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller and their descendants. The 1841 Scottish census records that Robert was a hand loom weaver born in Ireland. The couple and their young family emigrated from Lanarkshire after 1841, taking up land in Poland, Dalhousie Twp in Lanark County, Ontario. This is their story.
Having Trouble Getting Around?
The articles on this blog are posted at random. If you want to read all posts for a family, go to the INDEX and click on the name.
At the bottom of each screen, you will find the headings: 'newer posts, home, older posts'. These headings will help you move forward or backward in the blog. 'Home' will bring you back to the most recent post.
At the bottom of each screen, you will find the headings: 'newer posts, home, older posts'. These headings will help you move forward or backward in the blog. 'Home' will bring you back to the most recent post.
Blog Archive
Family of Robert and Sarah (Miller) Gavin
JANE 1822 - 1894
Mrs. Thomas Horn
Burial-Old Dock Cemetery
Alberton, PEI
MATTHEW 1826 -
= Marian Park
Burial - North Dakota?
From Ontario to PEI 1860s
To North Dakota 1881
Sons:
Robert (WA 1910)
Joseph (Alta 1912)
William (ND,
Children in WA 1930)
James (Florida -1900)
John (Married N. Ontario 1893
Several children born in Sask.)
Hugh (Idaho 1930)
Duncan (Oregon 1920
Children in California 1930)
AGNES 1829 - 1888
Mrs. Allan Ferguson
Burial --Lanark Co, Ontario
SARAH 1831 - 1898
Mrs. Robert Houstin Horn
Burial - Bloomfield, PEI
(photo below)
ROBERT, b. 22 March 1834
d. 10 May 1834, Bur. Scotland
ELLEN 1836 - 1896
Mrs. William Matthie
Burial - Crawfords Cem.
Lanark Co., Ontario
S. S. CHRISTINA 1841 - 1901
Mrs. Robert Love
Burial-Creeford, Manitoba
(photo is below)
ELIZABETH 1843 - 1918
Mrs. Peter McPhail
D. Elton, Manitoba @ 74
Burial
ROBERT JOHN 1846-1912
= Margaret F. Horn
Burial–United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Ontario
( photo is below)
Sons
Robert
Albert James
William
WILLIAM 1849 - 1917
= Agnes Barr
Burial-Pinegrove Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
Sons
Robert
Alfred
MARGARET 1851 - 1915
Mrs. James Machan
Burial Ellsmith, Manitoba
( photo below)
Mrs. Thomas Horn
Burial-Old Dock Cemetery
Alberton, PEI
MATTHEW 1826 -
= Marian Park
Burial - North Dakota?
From Ontario to PEI 1860s
To North Dakota 1881
Sons:
Robert (WA 1910)
Joseph (Alta 1912)
William (ND,
Children in WA 1930)
James (Florida -1900)
John (Married N. Ontario 1893
Several children born in Sask.)
Hugh (Idaho 1930)
Duncan (Oregon 1920
Children in California 1930)
AGNES 1829 - 1888
Mrs. Allan Ferguson
Burial --Lanark Co, Ontario
SARAH 1831 - 1898
Mrs. Robert Houstin Horn
Burial - Bloomfield, PEI
(photo below)
ROBERT, b. 22 March 1834
d. 10 May 1834, Bur. Scotland
ELLEN 1836 - 1896
Mrs. William Matthie
Burial - Crawfords Cem.
Lanark Co., Ontario
S. S. CHRISTINA 1841 - 1901
Mrs. Robert Love
Burial-Creeford, Manitoba
(photo is below)
ELIZABETH 1843 - 1918
Mrs. Peter McPhail
D. Elton, Manitoba @ 74
Burial
ROBERT JOHN 1846-1912
= Margaret F. Horn
Burial–United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Ontario
( photo is below)
Sons
Robert
Albert James
William
WILLIAM 1849 - 1917
= Agnes Barr
Burial-Pinegrove Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
Sons
Robert
Alfred
MARGARET 1851 - 1915
Mrs. James Machan
Burial Ellsmith, Manitoba
( photo below)
Sarah M. Gavin Horn
1831 - 1898
Christa Gavin Love
1841-1901
Robert Gavin
1846-1912
Margaret Gavin Machan
1851-1915
Fraserburg Cemetery
Mrs. Gavin died in 1925 (not 28)
Margaret Forbes (Horn) Gavin
As a young wife
Family of Robert and Margaret (Horn) Gavin
MARTHA 1871 - 1901
(Mrs. Thomas Ennis)
Burial - Kirk Cemetery
Macaulay Township, Muskoka
SARAH 1873 - 1943
(Mrs. John Crockford,
Mrs. Thomas Cordukes)
Burial - Mapleridge Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
ROBERT 1874 - 1938
(Elizabeth Ferguson)
Burial -Forest Lawn Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
ALBERT 1876 - 1957
(Florence Jackson,
Maude Jennings)
Burial -Hutcheson Cem
Huntsville, Ontario
MARGARET E. 1877-1941
(Mrs. Alf Hammond)
Burial -United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Muskoka, Ontario
WILLIAM 1880 - 1946
(Jessie Brewster)
Burial - Union Cem.
Crown Hill (Orillia), Ontario
MINNIE 1882 - 1923
(Mrs. Archibald Yuill)
Burial - Parklawn Cem.
Sudbury, Ontario
ROSETTA 1884 - 1929
(Mrs. John 'Jack' McCrea)
Burial - Maple Ridge Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
MARY 1886 - 1959
(Mrs. Herb Shire)
Burial - St. Thomas' Anglican Cem,
Bracebridge, Ontario
JESSIE 1888 - 1920
(Mrs. George Thompson)
Burial - United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Muskoka, Ontario
(Mrs. Thomas Ennis)
Burial - Kirk Cemetery
Macaulay Township, Muskoka
SARAH 1873 - 1943
(Mrs. John Crockford,
Mrs. Thomas Cordukes)
Burial - Mapleridge Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
ROBERT 1874 - 1938
(Elizabeth Ferguson)
Burial -Forest Lawn Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
ALBERT 1876 - 1957
(Florence Jackson,
Maude Jennings)
Burial -Hutcheson Cem
Huntsville, Ontario
MARGARET E. 1877-1941
(Mrs. Alf Hammond)
Burial -United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Muskoka, Ontario
WILLIAM 1880 - 1946
(Jessie Brewster)
Burial - Union Cem.
Crown Hill (Orillia), Ontario
MINNIE 1882 - 1923
(Mrs. Archibald Yuill)
Burial - Parklawn Cem.
Sudbury, Ontario
ROSETTA 1884 - 1929
(Mrs. John 'Jack' McCrea)
Burial - Maple Ridge Cem.
Thessalon, Ontario
MARY 1886 - 1959
(Mrs. Herb Shire)
Burial - St. Thomas' Anglican Cem,
Bracebridge, Ontario
JESSIE 1888 - 1920
(Mrs. George Thompson)
Burial - United Church Cem.
Fraserburg, Muskoka, Ontario
Margaret F. (Horn) Gavin
60th Birthday - Sept / 1906
Jessie Hammond Barrett 1910-1997
She saved her mother's letters and photos....
Capt. F.J. Gavin 1933-1990
Frank Gavin, Grandson of Robert Gavin and Elizabeth Ferguson
INDEX
- Albert J. and Florence (Jackson) Gavin (12)
- Alfred and Margaret E. (Gavin) Hammond (3)
- Allan and Agnes (Gavin) Ferguson (2)
- Archibald and Minnie (Gavin) Yuill (2)
- Ayrshire (3)
- Dalhousie Township (1)
- Gavin given names (1)
- George and Jessie (Gavin) Thompson (4)
- Glasgow (1)
- Herbert and Mary (Gavin) Shire (1)
- Horns and Gavins in PEI (4)
- Horns in Lanark County (1)
- James and Margaret (Forbes) Machan (3)
- James and Margaret (Gavin) Machan (3)
- James and Marion (Megget) Horne (7)
- John and Rosetta (Gavin) McCrea (2)
- John and Sarah M. (Gavin) Crockford (2)
- Lanark County Newspapers (1)
- Lanarkshire (1)
- Logging in Ontario (2)
- Matthew and Agnes ( Dewey) Givens (1)
- Matthew and Marion (Park) Gavin (14)
- Origin of Gavin surname (1)
- Peter and Elizabeth (Gavin) McPhail (2)
- Robert and Christina (Gavin) Love (2)
- Robert and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Gavin (1)
- Robert and Margaret F. (Horne) Gavin (11)
- Robert and Mary (McCrea) Gavin (1)
- Robert and Sarah (Miller) Gavin (13)
- Robert D. and Martha (Machan) Horne (4)
- Robert H. and Sarah M. (Gavin) Horne (5)
- Sarah Charland McIlraith (1)
- Scots Immigation to Lanark County (3)
- Thomas and Jane (Gavin) Horne (4)
- Thomas and Martha (Gavin) Ennis (2)
- Wiliam and Agnes (Barr) Gavin (3)
- William and Ellen (Gavin) Matthie (1)
- William and Jessie (Brewster) Gavin (3)
Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands
Among the rest
Neglected and alone
The name and date are chiselled out
On polished marble stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh and blood and bone
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor..the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so
I wonder if you lived and loved
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown
Among the rest
Neglected and alone
The name and date are chiselled out
On polished marble stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh and blood and bone
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor..the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so
I wonder if you lived and loved
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown