Eva Pavlet reported that her mother claimed Robert had the "wonderlust" and left home at an early age. I find no deaths with his birthday and name. His name is very common making searches of census records problematic. Thus far the Pavlat Y-DNA search has produced no strong leads. Until something shows up, I see no path to find him after leaving home.

I did find one report of a man kicked in the head by a horse and dieing. I have lost the reference.