Olaf Martin Hansen BYE

1880 - 1966  (86 years)

• Name	Olaf Martin Hansen BYE
  Birth	13 May 1880	Buksnes, Nordland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	13 Jun 1880	Buksnes, Nordland, Norway
  Confirmation	1896	Buksnes, Nordland, Norway
  Death	13 Jun 1966	Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	According to Cathy, Olaf trained as a baker in Trondheim. His dream was to come to America and have his own bakery, which he did in Virginia. It was called Bye's Bakery, circa 1928 to 1948. Bertha Knudsen was also from Bodø. Herman Iver Lerdahl and met my grandmother at Byes Bakery. As Olaf Martin Bye, age 22, he arrived in the U.S. at Philadelphia in May of 1903 aboard the S.S. Noordland which had sailed from Liverpool on 22 Apr 1903. He was a baker. His last residence was Bodå in Norway. He was headed for Sioux Rapids, Iowa, where he was to meet his sister-in-law Madilla Knudson, who had been in the U.S. for 2 years. Traveling with him were two other men from Bodå (probably Bodø) and also headed to Sioux Rapids, Iowa, to meet Knudsons. The first listed was Oswald M. Karlsen, an 18 year-old butcher. He would meet his friend Sten Knudson in Sioux Rapids. The second listed was Sten Olai Knutson, an 18 year-old laborer. He would meet his sister Madilla Knutson. Listed a few lines up from Olaf Martin, Oswald, and Sten Olai were two men from Verdal. In the 1910 census, as Olaf By, he was a baker living with his family in Biwabik. He had come to the U.S. in 1902. His wife Bertha had come to the U.S. with their oldest two children in 1905. In the 1920 census, he was a baker in a bakery shop in Virginia, Minnesota. In this census, he is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1903. In the 1930 census, he owns a bakery in Virginia, Minnesota. He registered for the draft on 26 Apr 1942 in Virginia. He lived and worked at 208 South 5th Avenue in Virginia, Minnesota.
  Person ID	I14039	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Hans Eliassen BYE,   b. 1 Mar 1851, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Mother	Ida Johanna Lind Sakariasdatter,   b. 8 Sep 1851, Hols S, Buksnes, Nordland, Norway
  Marriage	2 Aug 1874	Buksnes, Nordland, Norway
  Family ID	F878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Karoline KNUDSEN,   b. 16 Apr 1881, Bodø, Nordland, Norway d. 26 Mar 1953, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1901	Bodø, Nordland, Norway
  Children	1. Oscar John BYE,   b. 20 Aug 1900, Bodø, Nordland, Norway d. 3 Sep 1989, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 89 years)   2. Esther Hansine BYE,   b. 21 Jul 1903, Bodø, Nordland, Norway d. 6 Nov 1990, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)   3. Mabel Olive BYE,   b. 14 Jan 1907, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 13 Jun 1990, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)   4. Robert Martin BYE,   b. 3 Feb 1916, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 10 Oct 1933, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F10454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2020