Robert Gavin, son of Matthew & Marion

1881 Census - Prince Edward Island , Prince County Twp 5
Robert Gaven, 30............................b. Ontario, Pres, Scotch, farmer
**Sarah Gaven, 26 .........................b. Ontario
Robert Gaven, 1 yr..........................b. PEI
Sarah ..............................................b. Feb 1881 PEI
(**Sarah Miller Horn, daughter of Robert Houstin Horn and Sarah Gavin; they were first cousins. Her younger sister, Agnes, married Robert's brother, William)

The North Dakota Land Patents Database for Pembina County contains the following information recording the date that a 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

The following information came from a PEI descendant (R.MacA.) who has an original document from the Robert H. Horn family. He states:

"my grand aunt, Sarah Miller Horn, born January 5,1855......married Robert Gavin on Nov 9th, 1877. She died April 5th,1884 in [North] Dakota...... My records indicate that on February 13, 1881 they had a female child......"

I have been unable to find the widowedRobert in the 1891 or 1901 census records. However, Robert and his son Robert appear in the 1910 census for Washington State.

1910 Census - Tacoma Ward 4, Pierce County, Washington
Robert Gavin, 59, b. Canada, father b. Scotland, widower, arrived in US in 1882, junk dealer, junk store
Robert H.B. Gavin, 30, single, junk dealer, junk store

I have been unable to find these two in the 1920 or 1930 US census records.