William, son of Matthew and Marion

.........................Click on the map to enlarge. Various places are highlighted

1900 Census - Beaulieu, Pembina Co, North Dakota

William Gavin, 42..................b. Oct, 1857, Canada, 42, Farmer
(to North Dakota 1881)
Agnes Gavin, 40......................b. July, 1859, Canada
James Gavin................................b. Dec, 1879, Canada
Fildy Gavin.................................. b. Jan 1882, North Dakota
Robert Gavin.............................. b. Nov 1883, North Dakota
William Gavin............................. b. March 1885, North Dakota
George Gavin................... ......... b. Oct 1887, North Dakota
Sarah Gavin................................b. 1892, North Dakota
Ethyl M. Gavin........................... b. 1896, North Dakota
Garfield Gavin........................... b. 1899, North Dakota

North Dakota to Washington State

Sometime after the above census was taken in North Dakota, the family of William Gavin and Agnes Horn moved to Washington State. They next appear in the 1910 census in Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington. William is now deceased (in ND or WA?) and two sons, James and Robert, as well as two daughters, Fildy and Sarah, have left the family.

1910 Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington
Agnes Gavin, b. Canada, b. abt 1860, 50 (father b. Ire? mother b. Scot.)
George Gavin, 23
William Gavin, 25
Ethel M. Gavin, 13
Garfield Gavin, 11

1910 Cashmere, Chelan County Washington

Robert Gavin, 25, b. North Dakota, Fruit Farmer

**Dora T. Gavin, 23, b. North Dakota

Robert Gavin, 4, b. Washington State

Mildred Gavin, 3, b. Washington State

Clifford M. Gavin, 1, b. Washington State

(**Maiden name - DeLong)

1920 N. Cashmere, Chelan, Washignton

Robert George Gavin, 36, b. N. Dakota, Orchard Labourer

Dora T. Gavin, 34, b. N. Dakota

George R. Gavin, 14, b. N. Dakota

Mildred J. Gavin, 12, b. Washington

Roy Gavin, 10, b. Washington

**Wilbert Gavin, 8, b. Washington

Austin E. Gavin, 1 7/12, b. Washington

(**Wilbert owned a Chelan newspaper as an adult)

1920 Census - Bodie (Later Toroda), Okanogan, Washington

William Gavin, 34, b. N. Dakota, mother b. PEI, father b. NS (?),

occ-driver(?)

Ruth E. Gavin, 27

Jonathon W. Gavin, 6

Donald G. Gavin, 3 4/12,

1920 Census - North Cashmere, Chelan Co., Washington

Ford Weserman, 30, Foreman

Ethel M. Weserman, 23, b. N. Dakota

George Gavin, 31, b. N. Dakota, bro-in-law, orchard laborer

***Garfield Gavin, 20, b. N. Dakota, bro-in-law, orchard laborer

***also listed in census in Monitor Precinct on a fruit farm as a hired man

(Garfield's Draft Registration, Sept 12, 1915-18 (?)- Garfield Gavin, b. May 1899, of Chelan, WA, nearest relative - Ethyl Gavin, Cashmere, Chelan Co., present occupation - millwright, medium height and build, gray eyes, black hair)

1930 Census - Cashmere, Chelan Co, Washington

Robert Gavin, 46, b. N.D., Labourer (owned own home)

Dora Gavin, 43, b. N.D.,

Roy Gavin, 20, b. Washington, sawyer at box factory

Wilbert Gavin, 19, b. Washignton

Earl, 11, b. Washington

and nearby

William Gavin, 45, b. N.D., laborer irrigation company

Ruth Gavin, 38, b. Michigan

Jonathon Gavin, 16, b. WA

Glenn Gavin, 13, b. WA

Gordon Gavin, 6, b. WA

and nearby

George Gavin, 23, b. WA, sawyer box factory

Laura Gavin, 22, b. WA

Jimmie Gavin, under 1 year, b. WA