James Gavin 1860 - 1911/20

James Gavin was the sixth child and fourth son of Matthew Gavin and Marion Park. He was born in Lanark County, (Upper Canada) in March, 1860, but grew up in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was an adult when his parents moved to North Dakota. He appears to have owned land there by 1886.

The North Dakota Land Patents Database for Pembina County
The date is date land patent was issued.
Mathew Gavin - 160 acres............................................. Patent Oct 15 1884
Robert Gavin - 2 sections 47 /1 section 80 acres.... Patent Feb 17 1885
William Gavin – 2 sections of 80 acres.........................Patent Feb 17 1885
James Gavin- 4 sections of 40 acres...............Patent Oct 22 1886

I have not been able to find him again until 1900, when he appears in the census for Marion County, Florida.

1900 Census - Eureka, Marion County, Florida, USA
(interior of Northern Florida, on western edge of Ocala National Forest)
James Gavin, 40 years old, b. March, 1860 -Canada, Farmer
(father b. Scotland/mother born Canada) Owns the farm
Married for 6 years - 1894
Jessie E. Gavin, 27, b. September, 1872 -Florida, wife
James A. Gavin, 5, b. 1895,
Cora E. Gavin, 2, b. July 1897

1920 Census - Frostproof, Polk County, Florida, USA
(Central Florida, east of Tampa)
Jessie Gavin, 47, b. Florida, widow, parents born Georgia
James Gavin, 25, b. 1895, Florida
Gury Gavin, 15,
Hubert, 13
Alma, 10
Edna, 8
(James Gavin, Sr. died between 1911 and 1920)


1930 Census - Precinct 2, Polk County, Florida, USA
C. S. Evans, 39, Farmer, General Farming
*Ella Evans, 33, wife
Jessie Gavin, 58, widow, mother-in-law
(*Ella must be Cora E. Gavin)

1935 Census - Frostproof, Florida, Polk County
*Hubert R. Gavin, 29, Fruit Worker
Lillian J, Gavin,
Hubert Z. Gavin, 1
(*Hubert Ray Gavin was born 26 Sept 1905, Polk County
and died 28 April 1980)

1935 Census
James A. Gavin b. 1895, Florida
Verna Gavin
(CCC Camp, Renter, no children) Click on title for more information about CCC