4. Esau Taplin
Esau migrated to America at age 22 on Nov. 8, 1881. For a time he followed the meat packing industry. Even in old age he was an able and efficient butcher.
Later he moved to the Sabula, VanBuren, Miles, Preston, DeWitt Iowa area, where he met and married Lydia Prusia.
The family moved in 1904 to Mt. Vernon, SD, locating at a farm south of town. They lived there till the children were grown and married.
Esau died at home of his daughter Elsie Robley.
Esau and Lydia are both buried at the family plot, Mt.
Christened Sept. 25, 1859. Was age 11 in Censul of 1871, in Bloxham.
In Censul of Bloxham-British Coombes-Great Rollright, in 1881 he was age 20, single, and ag laboror (unemployed).He immigrated at age 20/21 on Nov. 8, 1881 to the U.S.
Esau was the second to the youngest. His brother Solomon was the ggrandfather of Lyla Heydon Jensen, who sent me information via the Taplin Surname Group.
Esau and Solomon came to the US together, settling in Iowa. Both were butchers. Esau stayed with the trade while Solomon moved to Montana to homestead about 1910.
Lydia spent her childhood in this area, Buckeye, and got her education there.
Wedding was in Buckeye, Iowa
It looks as if James Fawcett lost his parents at an early age and it will be interesting to see if the 1851 cenus (when Ancestry pops it out) sheds any light on this. If his birthdate is 1853 it may be helpful to get his birth certificate to see who his parents are. Speaking of certificates, they can be ordered by the ONS, Office of National Statistics
(via Elizabeth Inman)