Edward Peder BYE

1876 - 1962  (85 years)

• Name	Edward Peder BYE
  Birth	16 Aug 1876	Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1962-MN-014424
  Occupation	Grocer
  Death	24 Mar 1962	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Burial	Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1902 Fergus Falls city directory, he was Edward P Bye, a clerk for Peter Lein. He and Olive resided at 411 Everett Avenue East with his widowed mother. In the 1903 and 1905 Fergus Falls city directories, he was Edward Bye of Bye & Setter. He and Olive lived at 1308 Vine Street. Bye & Setter were grocers, a partnership between Edward and O E Setter, with business located at 124 Lincoln Avenue W. In the 1905 state census, he was 29 year-old Edward P. Bye, grocery merchant, living in the 4th ward of Fergus Falls. Living with him were his 29 year-old wife, Mrs. Olive, and their children, 3 year-old Alvin B., and 1 year-old Mildred E. In the 1907 and 1909 city directories, he is still with Bye & Setter but he and Olive live at 323 Bancroft Ave W. Edward was a member of Trønderlag of America in 1910. This was (and still is) the bygdelag for emigrants and their descendants from the Trøndelag region of Norway. Edward Bye, of Fergus Falls and from Vårdalen, was listed in the Trønderlaget’s 1910 yearbook. In that yearbook, Edward is shown as having emigrated to the U.S. in 1886. In the 1910 census, P. Edward Bye, 34, and Olive (or Olivia), 36, were living at 325 Bancroft Avenue in Fergus Falls. Their children were Elvin B., 7, and Mildred Elvira, 5. Those were Olive’s only children that she had borne. John had come to this country in 1885 and his wife in 1896. Edward was a merchant who “keeps grocery store.” In the 1911 directory, he is a clerk at a woolen mill and still lives with Olive at 323 Bancroft. Registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918, in Fergus Falls. He lived at 323 Bancroft Ave. N., Fergus Falls. He was a merchant grocer, apparently his own business, at 228 Lincoln Avenue, N., Fergus Falls. His wife was Mrs. Olive Bye of the Bancroft Avenue address. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and grey hair. In the 1920 census, Edward P. Bye and family were living at 223 Bancroft Ave (Bankroft?) in Fergus Falls. They owned their home although whether or not it had a mortgage was, apparently, not asked because the entry on the census form was “Un.” The family was Edward P., 43, Olive, 43, Elvin B., 17, Mildred E., 15, and Ethel O., 7. Edward emigrated in 1883, Olive in 1896. Both were naturalized citizens. Edward was a grocer. A granddaughter says: “The real tragedy of [their} lives was the loss of their son Elwin (Alwin) at age 20, from a lung infection. Probably, ultimately pneumonia. The family was never the same after that.” In the 1930 census, Edward was a 54 year old widower, still a proprietor of a grocery store, living with his two single daughters: Mildred E., 25, a public school teacher, and Ethel O., 18, no occupation. Edward owned his home, apparently worth $5500, and the household had a radio. Edward came to this country in 1887. In the 1931 city directory, he is back in the grocery business with a store at 128 Lincoln Ave E. He and Clara D. reside at 323 Bancroft. According to the 1935/36 Fergus Falls city directory, “Edw. Bye” was vice-president of the local chapter of the Sons of Norway. He and Clara lived 323 Bancroft Avenue West. His grocery business was at 128 Lincoln Avenue East. His occupation is not listed in the 1937/38 Fergus Falls city directory. In the 1939/40 Fergus Falls city directory, his telephone number is 452R. In the 1940 census, Edward and Clara lived at 323 Bancroft, the same house in which they had both lived five years earlier. Both had eighth-grade eductions, neither was employed. The Adams Elementary School, built in the late 1930s, now seems to occupy the 300 block on Bancroft. However, Clara, who died in 1963, was still living at 323 Bancroft. Pat says that “The Bye house on Bancroft was razed many years ago but it sat on the west corner of the block on the south side of Bancroft. Adams School is on the east corner of the block and on the south side as well.”  This is probably the Edward P. Bye with the following death certificate: BYE, EDWARD P.  Minnesota Death CertID# 1962-MN-014424    Date of Birth: 08/16/1876 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE Mother Maiden Name:  MYRON Date of Death: 03/24/1962 County of Death: OTTER TAIL In the January 26, 1954, edition of the FFDJ, he is noted as having personal property worth $25 for the purposes of the school tax in the 4th Ward of Fergus Falls. The September 19, 1955, edition of the FFDJ notes that Edward Bye and daughter, Ethel, have returned from a trip to Norway and England. An article in a June, 1956, edition of the Fergus Falls newspaper noted that 70 years previously a group of 40 people had left Verdalen, Norway, and of that group, only Edward and his brother Andrew were still alive. His naturalization record: Edward Bye Otter Tail County Reel 11 Volume H Code 30 Page 150   He died intestate and his daughter Mildred applied to be the executor of his estate.
  Person ID	I1274	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Elling Eliasen BYE,   b. 21 Nov 1848, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 5 Mar 1896, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Anne Martha Pedersdatter (Annie) MYRON,   b. 7 Sep 1844, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 10 Apr 1933, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1870	Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Family ID	F877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Olava Erlingsdatter (Olive) SAXHAUG,   b. 16 Oct 1873, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 19 Apr 1928, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1901	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	First English Lutheran of Fergus Falls
  Children	1. Elvin Bernhard BYE,   b. 11 May 1902, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 17 Dec 1922, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 20 years)   2. Mildred Elvira BYE,   b. 11 May 1904, Minnesota d. 31 Dec 1990, Douglas County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   3. Ethel Olive BYE,   b. 10 Feb 1912, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 8 Aug 2005, Chelsea, Washtenawa County, Michigan (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Clara Dagny NESS PETERSON,   b. 30 Sep 1888, Minnesota d. 21 Dec 1963, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1931	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	date from Pat
  Family ID	F10922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2011