Marion Gavin, born 1827, was the daughter of Joseph Park & Agnes Duncan who emigrated from Lanarkshire, Scotland to Lanark County, Ontario where Marion was born. She married Mathew Gavin (b. 1826 in Scotland) in 1849 in Dalhousie Township, the home of both the Gavin and Park families and where most of their children were born.
In the 1860s, Mathew and Marion went to Prince Edward Island followed by two of Mathew's sisters married to Horn men. He ran a livery that housed the post office at Gavin's Corners in Bloomfield. They remained in PEI until about 1881 when they removed to North Dakota where Mathew and his eldest sons and daughters acquired land. The 1892 newspaper report of Mathew's death states that he died of a stroke at his store west of Tyner. Marion's death followed in 1894, and in the following years, their children migrated to various parts of the USA and Canada.
In the 1860s, Mathew and Marion went to Prince Edward Island followed by two of Mathew's sisters married to Horn men. He ran a livery that housed the post office at Gavin's Corners in Bloomfield. They remained in PEI until about 1881 when they removed to North Dakota where Mathew and his eldest sons and daughters acquired land. The 1892 newspaper report of Mathew's death states that he died of a stroke at his store west of Tyner. Marion's death followed in 1894, and in the following years, their children migrated to various parts of the USA and Canada.
Marion Gavin, born 1827, was the daughter of Joseph Park & Agnes Duncan who emigrated from Lanarkshire, Scotland to Lanark County, Ontario where Marion was born. She married Mathew Gavin (b. 1826 in Scotland) in 1849 in Dalhousie Township, the home of both the Gavin and Park families and where most of their children were born.
In the 1860s, Mathew and Marion went to Prince Edward Island followed by two of Mathew's sisters married to Horn men. He ran a livery that housed the post office at Gavin's Corners in Bloomfield. They remained in PEI until about 1881 when they removed to North Dakota where Mathew and his eldest sons and daughters acquired land. The 1892 newspaper report of Mathew's death states that he died of a stroke at his store west of Tyner. Marion's death followed in 1894, and in the following years, their children migrated to various parts of the USA and Canada.
In the 1860s, Mathew and Marion went to Prince Edward Island followed by two of Mathew's sisters married to Horn men. He ran a livery that housed the post office at Gavin's Corners in Bloomfield. They remained in PEI until about 1881 when they removed to North Dakota where Mathew and his eldest sons and daughters acquired land. The 1892 newspaper report of Mathew's death states that he died of a stroke at his store west of Tyner. Marion's death followed in 1894, and in the following years, their children migrated to various parts of the USA and Canada.
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