William Gavin, 1849-1917 - Agnes Barr

1871 Census -Dalhousie Twp, Lanark Co.

Gavin, Robert.........72........b. Ireland.......Ch of Scotland....Farmer
Gavin, Sarah..........64........b. Scotland
Gavin, William..22........b. Ontario.....Farmer...
married in Nov.
Gavin, Agnes......19.........b. Ontario
Shurlow, Sarah.......11........b. Ontario......Going to school

1881 Census - Dalhousie Twp, Lanark Co., Ontario

William GAVIN M................... 32........ b. Ontario, Farmer
Agnes GAVIN... M....................29.........b. Ontario
Charlotte GAVIN ..........................9........ b. Ontario
Robert GAVIN.............................. 7......... b. Ontario
Alfred GAVIN ...............................5 .........b. Ontario
Sarah E. GAVIN ...........................3......... b. Ontario
Mary GAVIN........ b. Sept..... 6 mo..........b. Ontario
Sarah SHURLAND..................... 21 ........b. Ontario, Servant
(Daughter of Scott Gavin and David Charland)

1891 Census - Dalhousie Twp, Lanark Co.
w2/ Concession 4 (between Paul and Park families)
Gavin, William...42...b. Ont....parents b. Scot...Merchant
Gavin, Agnes.......39....b. Ont....parents b. Scot.
Gavin, Charlotte.....19
Gavin, Robert.........17
Gavin, Alfred..........14
Gavin, Sarah..........13
Gavin, Mary............9
Gavin, Sophia.........7
Gavin, Mabel..........1

1901 Census - Thessalon, Algoma
(name in on-line census appears as PAVIN)
Gavin, William, Head, b. Nov 19, 1849, 51
Gavin, Agnes B., Wife, b. Apr 5, 1851, 49
Gavin, Charlotte, Dau, May 16, 1871, 29
Gavin, Mabel, Dau, Aug 29, 1889, 11
Gavin, Ida M., Dau, b.Oct 7, 1899, 1
Gavin, Sophia, Dau, Feb 1, 1884, 17

(the next family is William's son)
**Gavin, Robert, Head, b. May 12, 1873, 27
Gavin, Mary, Wife, b.Feb 25, 1878, 23
Gavin, Ethel F., Dau, May 31, 1899, 13
Gavin, William, Son, b. Mar 26, 1901, 1/12

**Robert Gavin, b. Poland, Ontario, died -Nov, 1905
Farmer, (single?) killed by a falling tree
NW1/4 Lot, Concession 21, Algoma
doctor attended a few hours
(Family notes: died in a logging accident near old Wright Shingle Mill
in North Livingston Creek, East of Thessalon, Ontario

1911 Census -Algoma East
McCrea, William, Head, W, Feb, 1843, 68
Gavin, Mary, Daughter, Wid, Feb, 1878, 33
McCrea, William, Son, Dec, 1884, 26
McCrea, Hattie, Dau, Nov, 1887, 23
McCrea, James G., Son, Sep, 1890, 20
Gavin, Ethel, Granddau, May, 1899, 12
Gavin, Mervin, Grandson, Mar, 1901, 10
Gavin, Robert, Grandson, Oct, 1903, 7

McCrea John, Head, Oct, 1874, 36
McCrea Rose, Wife, Oct, 1884, 26
(daugher of Robert Gavin -Muskoka)
McCrea, Edward, Son, Sep, 1910, 9/12

Children of William and Agnes:
Charlotte married A. Bell
Robert married Mary McCrea
(their dau Ethel married Gordon Gavin, son of Albert)
Alfred - unable to find after 1891 census
Sarah - unable to find after 1891 census
Mary married A. Taylor
Sophia married 1. W. Nelles 2. McNee
Ellen married T. Smith (no issue)
Mabel married R. Reid
Ida married W. Lewis

Agnes Gavin died in Thessalon Twp, Algoma on December 19, 1907 (at about 55 years old). She was born in Lanark County, her maiden name was Barr, her husband was William Gavin and they lived on the NW1/4 of Section 31 (or 81). She was Presbyterian. She suffered with cancer for one month.

William Gavin died in Algoma on February 17, 1917. He was sixty-eight years and seven months old. His death certificate states that he was born in Lanark County, his father was Robert Barr (?) Gavin, his mother Sarah Miller, and he died of arterio sclerosis from which he had suffered for four to five years.

Family Marriages:
005217-07 Robert H. REID, 25, teamster, Dalhousie, Livingstone Creek, s/o Alexander REID & Lily WATT, married Mable GAVIN, 18, Dalhousie, Livingstone Creek, d/o William GAVIN & Agnes BARR, witn: John Hay REID of Livingstone Creek & Rose GAVIN of Bracebridge on June 26, 1907 at Livingstone Creek