Leland A Bye

  Research Notes:

1. source: US SSDI

- lists Leland Bye, birth date as 29 Dec 1914; death as Mar 1983 with last residence as Fargo, ND

+++ not confirmed if this is the same person (SSDI does not give a listing for brother, Peter

2. Obit - Louise Bye, July 1953

- she is survived by son, Leland, of Fargo, ND

3. Fargo-Moorehead City Directories; 1950 & 1952

- living at 1114 7th Ave, Fargo
- Parcel Delivery Service
- Wife, Bernice - - American Linen Supply (1952)

4. Obituary - 21 Mar 1983, The Fargo Forum

- grew up at Pekin
- 1938 moved to Fargo
- sometime after marriage, moved to Tacoma, WA (his mother's obit indicates he was there in 1942) and then back to Fargo in 1948
- was a driver to Midwest Motor express
- retired in 1976 and moved to Big Floyd Lake, MN and back to Fargo in 1979
- daughter Carol lives in Jamestown, ND
- son Donald lives at 2824 Edgewood Drive, Fargo


5. R L Polk Directory - Fargo

- 1938, at 403 North 11th (same as Thor Bye), driver
- 1942, at 921 6th Ave; with wife Bernice, operater, State Hwy Department
(not listed in 1945 or 1948 directory)

6. Institute for Regional Studies, University of ND

- Fargo Forum obituaries - Bernice Bye obit in 29 Oct 1989 issue, page D-3; age 74

7. 1940 US Census - Fargo, ND

- living with parents
- Leland A, single, age 25 born in ND; 4 yrs of high school; worked 40 hours the wk of Mar 24 as a construction laborer with Highway's Dept - government work; worked 13 wks in 1939 earning $225; address on 1 Apr 1935 - same place

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, Fargo, Cass Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁷⁷¹

2. Residence - 1938, 1938, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. ²⁹²⁵

3. Residence - 1938-1942, 1938-1942, Fargo, North Dakota, United States. ²⁹²⁶

4. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Fargo, Cass Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁷⁷¹ Enumeration on 6 Apr 1940; address - 408 Roberts St

5. Residence - 1950-1952, 1950-1952, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. ²⁹²⁷

6. Residence - 1953, 23 Jul 1953, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. ⁷⁶³

Leland married Bernice J Anderson on 4 May 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.²⁹²⁵ (Bernice J Anderson was born in 1915 and died about Oct 1989 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA ²⁹²⁸.)