Resource: Sorted By Name

Here's a source that may be useful for researching your family: Sorted by Name. I found some folks named Javens here and also some Javinses, who continue on the next page and so forth. West Virginia members of the Javins family are well represented.

Charles H. Javins, Merchant

I don't know Charles H. Javins, but here's his market in 1926.  It was at Washington's old Center Market, and is identified here as a seafood stand, but I think I see chickens as well as fish.

Link: C.H. Javins 1926 at Shorpy Historical Images.

Postscript: I did a search for Charles and found that "John F. Javins and Francis H. Javins, copartners, trading under the name of Charles H. Javins & Son, Washington, D. C." were charged with adulteration of oysters in 1917.

~ Linda