Martinus Eliassen BYE

1847 - 1932  (85 years)

• Name	Martinus Eliassen BYE
  Birth	18 Aug 1847	Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  	On Baglovald according to Sven Tore
  Christening	10 Oct 1847	Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	10 Oct 1847	Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Confirmation	4 Oct 1863	Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  	Stikelstad
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1932-MN-010908
  Occupation	Flour mill worker in the U.S., Skomager (shoemaker) in Norway, Tjener at the time of John’s birth
  Death	29 Nov 1932	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	“died Tuesday noon at the home of his son, H. P. Bye....”
  Burial	3 Dec 1932	Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	funeral at 2 PM, Bethlehem Lutheran Church
  Notes	Or Mortinus Eliasen. Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Martinus Eliassen, living with his parents and four younger siblings. Dee Austring says that in this census Martinus was shown as “19 yo skomager” and was living at Storøren gård #265, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Martinus was living in Byvald, Verdal, and Oleanna in Maritvoldvald, Verdal (Vårdalen), at the time of John’s birth. At the time of their marriage, those locations were called Baglovald and Marithvoldvald. Both were living in Maritvoldvald at the time of Hans Peter’s birth. In the 1875 Norwegian census the family was living on Maritvoldvald with Oleanna’s mother. Martin’s occupation appears to be telegraph operator and farmer. Martin and Oleanna emigrated to the US from Norway in the early 1880s with all four children. Martin arrived first in 1880 and the rest of the family followed two years later. The family settled in Fergus Falls. The family is listed in the 1885 Minnesota state census as living in Fergus Falls. Martin’s brother Elling is living with them. Martin is 37, Oleana is 48, Johan is 15, Anna is 13, Maria is 11, and Hans is 9. The girls (and, apparently, Hans) later moved to Duluth, probably after their mother died. Martin remarried after Oleanna's death, according to Edna Cartwright and confirmed in the obituary in the Fergus Falls newspaper. John Everson said that his mother and Marie had a half-sister born in the U.S. Martin Bye’s obituary said that he arrived in Fergus Falls on May 9, 1880. “Shortly after his arrival, he was employed by H. G. Page in the Red River Mill, and later worked as a miller in the Big A Mill for many years. After retiring from the milling business, he went into business and conducted a store where the Tobacco Mart is now located. Always honest and upright in his business dealings, he gained the respect and good will of all.” The Red River Mill was built in 1872 and was located on the site of the present Con Agra Montana Inc. on Stanton west of Union Bridge. The old mill burned on March 18, 1915. A story in the Fergus Falls newspaper in 1972 described how Martin’s sons, “John and Hans Bye”, noticed smoke and alerted the night duty men at the mill. One elevator was saved but the total loss was “near $75,000.” Reportedly survived by 18 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren but these numbers must include the Wold stepchildren. Living with the family of his brother-in-law, Theodore Johnson, a butcher, in Fergus Falls at the time of the 1880 census. Shown as “Martinus E. Bye”, age 32, married, laborer. In the 1885 state census, the whole family is in Fergus Falls. Living with them is 34 year-old Elling Bye. Couldn’t find him in the 1895 state census. Living alone as a clothing merchant at the time of the 1900 census. In the 1902 Fergus Falls city directory, Martin and Sophie live at 123 Bancroft Ave W. Martin is in business with his son (J M Bye & Co.). Boarding with them is Alfred Bye, a student. In the 1903 Fergus Falls city directory, Martin and Sophie still live at 123 Bancroft Avenue W. He had no occupation. In the 1905 census he is Martin Bye, 58, living at 123 Bancroft Avenue West in Fergus Falls with Mrs. Carin S., 49, and her two children, Harold S., 17, and Alma O., 13. No one has an occupation. Although Martin and Carin are each shown to have been in Minnesota for 20 years, Martin is shown to have been in the present enumeration district for only 5 years. This may refer to Martin’s moving into Carin’s home on Bancroft Avenue five years before. In the 1907 directory, he and Sophie live at 123 Bancroft. In the 1909 directory, he is a farmer, still living with Sophie at 123 Bancroft. Martin was living with his 2nd wife and her two children at 123 Remington in Fergus Falls at the time of the 1910 census. The house is owned by Carin. Martin’s occupation is peddler of notions. He was not listed in the 1920 census. The house at 123 Bancroft is owned by a recently-immigrated family from Denmark. He was living with his son Hans at the time of the 1930 census. In the 1931 Fergus Falls city directory, Martin lived with Hans and Mary at 126 Channing Avenue W. Minnesota death certificate 1932-MN-010908 issued in Otter Tail County for “M. E. Bye.” According to a researcher who posted a family tree on Ancestry.com, Martin was born in Storøren gård #265, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Naturalization records: Martinius E Bye Otter Tail County Reel 1 Volume B Code 3 Page 231 and Martinus Bye Otter Tail County Reel 6 Volume J Code 18 Page 307
  Person ID	I55	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Elias Eliassen BŸVALD,   b. 24 Oct 1820, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 8 Dec 1911, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Guruanna (Guriana) Hansdatter BYVALD,   b. 12 Nov 1821, Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 9 Dec 1893, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1847	Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Olianna Johannesdatter JOHNSON,   b. 27 Jan 1836, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 26 Oct 1890, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1870	Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Children	1. Johan Edvard Martinusson (John M) BYE,   b. 28 Dec 1869, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 2 Jun 1922, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 52 years)   2. Anna Gustava (Annie) Martinusdatter BYE,   b. 29 Sep 1871, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 22 Mar 1949, Deerwood Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)   3. Marie Othelie Martinusdatter BYE,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 19 Jun 1966, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 93 years)   4. Hans Peter Martinusson BYE,   b. 24 Sep 1875, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 31 Oct 1946, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Photos		Bye children, about 1885 Taken after the family arrived in Fergus Falls. If this is 1885, then it's: Hans, 9, and Marie, 12, in the rear; and Anna, 13; and John, 15, seated in the front.
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Karen Sophie (Sophie) OLSON,   b. 13 Jan 1856, Norway d. 26 Aug 1913, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1901	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	First English Lutheran; as Martinius Bye and Karen S. Wold
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Andrew and Anna Everson with Martin Bye and baby Ronald
  		Marie Bye Orfald and her parents Probably taken in the late 1880s.
  		Martin, Anna and Elaine Summer, 1930
  		Four Generations, Summer 1930 John, 28; Martin, 83; Anna, 58.
  		Martin Bye and Anna Everson Taken in the summer of 1930.
  		Andrew Everson and Martin Bye Probably taken at Cedar Lake in the late 1920s
  		The Home of Martinus Bye Martin Bye lived here, 123 Bancroft in Fergus Falls, with Carin Wold and her children at the time of the 1905 state census. It is across the alley from Hans's house.
  		Andrew Everson with first grandson This is from the summer of 1930 when Martin Bye came to visit the Eversons to see the Eversons' first two grandchildren. From left, Andrew (holding Naomi and Albin's first son), Anna, Martin Bye, and Naomi Landstrom Everson. This was taken at Andrew and Anna's farmhouse on Cedar Lake.
  		Martin Bye