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Bytheway Family Genealogy Trace
I think you will find this information interesting. For years we thought that our heritage originated in Yorkshire, England, but due to the work of Brian Shane Bytheway in Idaho, I think we can now say that our roots were from Shropshire, England. The change in the names Bideawhile and Bidewell to Bytheway started in 1732. Following are details of eight generations of Bytheways. Bill Bytheway
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#8 Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather · ID: I349 · Name: William Bideawhile · Surname: Bideawhile · Given Name: William · Sex: M · Birth: ABT 1639 · Death: AFT 1709 · _UID: 30CBB1F38BF34A4C87D4045AE96875EB1DFE · Change Date: 27 Jan 2008 at 17:24:57 Marriage 1Martha Edwards
Children
Married: 24 Nov 1703 in Bitterly, Shropshire, England #7 Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather · ID: I347 · Name: John Bideawhile · Surname: Bideawhile · Given Name: John · _AKA: John Bydawell · Sex: M · _UID: E3F94E4A0D65C14C914224A714A8A6A1949C · Note: The change in the names
Bideawhile and Bidewell to Bytheway begin here and have a most
interesting history; There is one early notable case of the spelling "Bythewell" being used by choice some distance north and east of Bromfield in the Parish of Cleobury North, Shropshire. In 1689, Joseph "Bythewell", of the Parish of Cleobury North, married Bridget Jones in the Parish of Stoke St. Milborough. Their children were baptized with the name Bythewell in Cleobury North. In one instance, the recorder wrote the surname as Bytheway (having heard the name from neighboring parishes), but crossed out way and wrote "well" over it, indicationg a clear preference on the part of that family. Joseph, having been a Chuchwarden of the parish during these years, may have been cognizant of the difference in the spellings, regardless of how they might be pronounced. It is very likely that Joseph was the son of William & Mary Bideawhile of Bromfield Parish, and that he, and possibly his brothers, were some of the earliest members of that family to move into the northeastern mining region of the county. Joseph, however, seems to have been the only member of the family to have preferred the Bromfield version of the name. · Change Date: 27 Jan 2008 at 17:23:03 Father:
William Bideawhile b: ABT 1639 Children
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Great Great Great Grandfather · ID: I343 · Name: Edward Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Edward · Sex: M · Birth: 1732/1736 in Bromfield, Shropshire, England · Death: in Bromfield, Shropshire, England · _UID: B107FFD165818A47B4BBC66ED8B7AC3855CE · Change Date: 27 Jan 2008 at 16:51:33 Father:
John Bideawhile
Children
#5 Great Great Great Grandfather · ID: I341 · Name: Benjamin Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Benjamin · Sex: M · Birth: BEF 1764 in Bromfield, Shropshire, England · _UID: 43B43E7F6BB8994795F1EFCA7EED7EF6D574 · Note: I believe Benjamin Senior was a blacksmith employed at an ironworks at Boulden where he lived at the time of his marriage. His son Benjamin Junior was born there and possibly William. The family left for Knowle in Coreley parish in the 1790's where they kept an ale house and blacksmiths shop. The cottage still stands today. Benjamin married Mary Newell in Boulden, Shropshire 14 March 1792. Benjamin and Mary are the common ancestors to your branch, the Salt Lake City branch, the Eastern Pennsylvania branch and the Newcastle New South Wales (Australia) Bytheways. Of their children Benjamin Junior remained at home, William migrated to Kingswinford, Staffordshire, Edward to Bilston, Staffordshire and Joseph to Dudley, Worcs. all in the Black Country and within a few miles of each other. Later Thomas Bytheway, Benjamin Juniors son, also migrated to Bilston where he learned his blacksmith trade. He emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1882/3. Three of Williams grandsons, Noah, Benjamin and George emigrated to NSW, Australia. Benjamin and Mary had two sons, Edward and William Bytheway. · Change Date: 27 Jan 2008 at 16:47:40 Father:
Edward Bytheway b: 1732/1736 in Bromfield, Shropshire, England
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Great Grandfather · ID: I48 · Name: Edward Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Edward · Sex: M · Birth:1 · Christening: 6 Feb 1803 Clee Hill, Coreley, Shropshire, England · _UID: 7E7EE712F2FEF64EB1EE5756FF1CB26CAE4C · Note: Res. in 1851: Fleet St., Bilston, Staffordshire,
England; age 48; coal miner. Edward Bytheway (great, great grandfather) christened 6.2.1803 at Coreley, Clee Hill, Shropshire married Sarah Owen 15.5.1826 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Death NK. Sarah Owen, born 1807 at Paynes Hill, Shropshire. Death NK. Edward migrated from the Clee Hill area of Shropshire (about 20 miles from Leominster, Herefordshire) to find work in the Staffordshire coalfield. The drift from rural Shropshire to industrialized Staffordshire continued throughout the 19th Century. The 1851 Census gives details of Edward, Sarah and their family. Edward Bytheway 48 Head Coalminer Salop Clee Hill Sarah 44 Housewife Salop Paynes Hill William 16 Son Stoneminer Staffs Bilston George 12 Son Stoneminer Staffs Bilston Edward 10 Son Stoneminer Staffs Bilston Elizabeth 8 Daughter Staffs Bilston Joseph 3 Son Staffs Bilston
Sarah, the daughter, was a domestic servant living nearby. Edward and Joseph appear to have had a close relationship. Joseph followed Edward to Yorkshire and later (1882) to Pennsylvania. Joseph died in 1935 as did Theresa his wife. George Bytheway had married Mary Ann Jukes and they had one child by 1861 and William was lodging elsewhere. I could find no trace of the rest of the family despite repeated attempts. BIOGRAPHY: Edward Bytheway was most likely the link between Thomas Bytheway (his nephew) and Sarah Ann Haywood, who married in Tipton, Staffordshire, in 1856. Thomas, who was born in Clee Hill, Shropshire, would very reasonably have gone to stay with his uncle to find work as a blacksmith in the mining and smelting region of Bilston. Sarah Ann Haywood also lived in the Parish of Bilston, where her father was a miner.
Father:
Benjamin Bytheway b: BEF 1764 in Bromfield, Shropshire, England
Children
Note: There are two Elizabeths, common in this period is that if the first child dies, a second child gets the name.
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Grandfather · ID: I53 · Name: Edward Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Edward · Sex: M · Birth: 21 Mar 1842 in Ettinshall, Shropshire, England · Christening: 17 Dec 1843 St. Leonards, Bilston, Staffordshire, England 1 · Death: 26 Dec 1904 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · _UID: AE8905683A987F4C92B78459FCF5BBA6B9A8 · Note:
Edward was a stone minor by the age of ten and on 20 July 1869 he and his wife, Jane immigrated to the united States of America. Edward and Jane had several children in Shropshire, England,
Edward left from Liverpool, steerage, ship’s manifest #903336 20 July 1869 on the "City of London" ship bound for New York. Edward traveled in the previous year (Jul 1869). Edward Bytheway came to America on July 20, 1869 on the “City of London Jane left on 27 June 1870 on the "SS Idaho" with Sarah (7), Elizabeth (5), Edward (3) and Joseph (toddler). To support these events, according to David Bytheway (In England), Edward left before Jane and stayed with his brother, Benjamin, in Philadelphia. Jane. stayed with John and Harriet Rhodes (Jane's aunt and uncle). Edward must have never met his new-born baby Joseph who traveled with Jane (Jun 1870). Jane must have been pregnant when Edward left for NY. The infant Joseph must have been about 4 months old on the passenger list manifest and apparently didn't survive past 1879, when the second Joseph was born in 1880. The manifest typically showed children's age over one year old. Shane Bytheway reports that the grave of Edward and Jane in Irwin Penn has a small tombstone that says "baby". He was always told that that was for Charles and Ida Mae Bytheway's baby girl. Probably is since most people back then didn't prepay for plots but then it would seem from all indications that the Bytheway minors were fairly well-off. Edward and Jane had several more children in Pennsylvania,
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Grandfather · ID: I59 · Name: Edward Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Edward · Sex: M · Birth: 19 Jan 1867 in ,England · _UID: 32091B4E8800C149A39E18C1B8FCD1AB8072 · Note: BIOGRAPHY: 1910 US Federal Census, Salt Street, Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA: Age 40, 2nd mg/2 yrs, b. England, both parents b. England, coal mine superintendant. 1920 US Federal Census, Loyalhanna Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA: Age 48, naturalization info unknown, b. England, both par. b. England, coal mine superintendant. 1930 US Federal Census, Loyalhanna Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA: Age 58, 21 years old at 1st mg, b. England, emig 1876, naturalized, coal mine superintendant. BIRTH: Gen Reg: Charles Edward Bytheway 3Q-1871 (6c-215), Kidderminster District).
Located in the northern reaches of
Westmoreland County, the town of Moween, in Loyalhanna Township, along
with the drift entry Moween Mines. The mine is opened in the Upper
Freeport seam on the Westmoreland county side of the Kiskiminetas River.
The tipple is located across the Conemaugh River in Indiana County, the
Moween Mine was established ca.1906 by the
A steel bridge, 500 feet long, spams the river
between these points. A track for the loaded mine cars has been
completed, ca.1906. Another will be laid soon. A The third track has
been completed ca.1906. The elevation of the bridge is such as to allow
the empty mine cars to run by gravity from the tipple back to the mine
entrance. A foot bridge will soon be erected underneath the main bridge
for the accommodation of those employed at this mine. A blacksmith shop
and a few tenant houses have been erected ca.1906. The Moween Mines exploited the Upper Freeport coal seam which had an average thickness of 42 inches in this area. By ca.1910 the Moween Mines employed eighty-three men and boys in the mines, who produced over 78,000 tons of coal. The miners extracted the coal by pick and shovel and loaded it by hand. Most of the coal produced at the Moween Mines was shipped to steam-coal markets via the Pennsylvania Railroad's Conemaugh Division.
By ca.1913 Keystone Coal Company had opened a
second mine at Moween, though it was not operated During the First World War the Keystone Coal Company moved its field offices from Meyersdale, Somerset County to Moween, Westmoreland County. Edward Bytheway oversaw the coal company's operations at Moween during the 1910's when it built many of the miners houses in Moween. The coal company store in Moween was operated by B. Straths and Brothers Company. The American Hotel was located in Moween, during the coal mining days, operated by Mr. Schardt. Although Keystone Coal Company was one of the smallest coal companies in the region it remained an independent producer and continued to operate mines in Westmoreland and Somerset counties. In ca.1918 Keystone Coal Company, having abandoned the Glen McClaren mine, opened Keystone No. 4 Mine near Meyersdale. However, the Moween Mines remained the larger of the two mining operations. By the mid 1920's the Moween Mines were regularly producing over 120,000 tons of coal each year. The mines employed 130 miners. Edward Bytheway continued to serve as superintendent of the Moween Mines and the company was headed by J. E. Baker of York, Pennsylvania. J. E. Baker led the Keystone Coal Company through the great depression years of the 1930's. Having shed the Meyersdale mine property, the company operated only the Moween Mines. Employment at the Moween Mines remained relatively stable with about 120 miners working single shifts. During the Second World War the Keystone Coal Company employed as many as 211 miners at the Moween Mines. In ca.1943 the Moween Mines produced about 122,000 tons of coal. The mine's preparation plant included a coal crusher, bar screens, a picking table, and loading booms. Six electric trolley locomotives hauled the coal from the mine. By the 1940's the company had dispensed with the powerhouse and purchased electricity from outside the town. About ca.1950, the Keystone Coal Company ceased operations at the Moween Mines. (History and description of the Moween Mines, with additional data and pictures adapted from "Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites, 1994," America's Industrial Heitage Project, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record, U.S. Department of the Interior, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
Father:
Edward Bytheway b: 21 Mar 1842 in Ettinshall, Shropshire, England c:
17 Dec 1843 in St. Mother: Jane Humphries b: 5 Jul 1844 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Jane Humprys was long thought to be the child of William Causer but in reality, William did not marry her mother until much later in life. Elizabeth Causer, Jane's mother was listed on Jane and Edward Bytheway's marriage certificate as Elizabeth Humprys and Jane Humphrys as her illegitimate daughter. For this reason, later in life, Jane Bytheway adopted the maiden name of Causer but William Causer was in fact, her step father. Jane had two half-brothers from mother and step-father,
Thomas Causer born 1847
and Charles Causer born 1849. Marriage 1 Margaret Ann Jones 19 Sep 1888, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania in 1888 and had a child, Jane Phoebe Bytheway, born September 10, 1891. Children 1. Jane Phoebe Bytheway, Margaret Ann Jones disappeared from records and grandpa remarried May Laura Widdup in 1907. Shortly after Aunt Blanch was born in 1908, Jane Phoebe, now 16 most likely left the family and later married Anthony Calamari where they settled in Charleroi, Washington County, PA, about 60 miles from Saltsburg. Jane had her first child in 1911.
Marriage 2
May Laura Widdup b:
1884/1886 in ,,Pennsylvania • Married: 1906/1907 • Note: In the 1910
Census, Edward states his marriage to May was his second marriage. She
states she has had one child, and that child is still living, which
would be Blanche, born 1908. In the 1930 census, May gives h
Children
Marriage 1 Spouse Virginia Campbell (1950) Marriage 2 Spouse Shirley Turner (1980)
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Father · ID: tbd · Name: Robert Winston Bytheway · Surname: Bytheway · Given Name: Robert · Sex: M · Birth: 22 April 1922 · _UID: tbd · Note:
Robert was born and grew up in the town of Moween, PA to Edward and Mae Laura Bytheway. Robert relocated to Washington DC after WWII as a SSGT in the US Army Air Corps and started working for Capital Airlines as an aircraft mechanic working on DC3 aircraft. He met Virginia Campbell from Des Moines, Iowa who was going to school in Washington DC and they married. He had three sons, Glenn Edward (1951), Robert Alan (1953), William Henry (1954) and one daughter Susan Elaine (1965). Capital Airlines was purchased by United Airlines and he was given an opportunity to move to the San Francisco area as a maintenance supervisor at SFO refurbishing Boeing 727 aircraft. We settled in 1966 in Santa Clara, California. In 1969, Virginia died of brain cancer. Robert later remarried Shirley Turner from Sunnyvale in 1980 and they continued to live in Santa Clara until his death Sept. 11, 1997. He died at the hospital after a failed attempt to clear a a blocked artery.
Wife #1: Virginia Joyce Campbell, b. 24 Sept. 1922, died 19 Feb. 1970, Mt. PLeasant, Henry County, Iowa. Wife #2: Shirley Turner. Children (from Virginia)
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er age at
her first marriage (to Edward) as 22. She is 46 that year. Doing the
math gives them a marriage year of 1906. 
of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and was a teacher in Loyalhanna Township and the Saltsburg School District for 28 years
before retiring in 1974. She was a member of Saltsburg Presbyterian
Church; the Order of the Eastern Star, Apollo; AARP Round Top
Chapter, Export; the PSEA, and the Indiana County Retired
Schoolteachers Association. Also predeceased by her husband,
William S. Wilcox, who died in 1992; sisters, Blanche Bytheway, who
died in 1988, and Lt. Col. Margaret Bytheway, who died in 2003, and
brothers, John Bytheway, who died in 2001, and Robert W. Bytheway,
who died in 1997. Surviving are many nieces and nephews. Visitation
was in the CURRAN FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 701 Salt St.,
Saltsburg, where services were at 10 a.m. Saturday with the Rev.
Susan Porch Lantz officiating. Burial in Edgewood Cemetery,
Saltsburg. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 320
Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
Funeral Home for John E. Bytheway
Sr., age 84 of 161 Oakley Avenue, who died January 5, 2001 in Forum
Health Beeghly Medical Park Emergency Room. Mr. Bytheway was born
August 22, 1916 in Mooween, Pa. A son of Edward and Mae L. Widdup
Bytheway and came to Youngstown in 1981 from Pittsburgh. He
graduated from Saltsburg H.S. in Saltsburg, PA., attended Kiski Prep
School & Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. & graduated from
Duff's Business Institute in Pgh. He was a Salesman for 25 years for
Ceco Corp. retiring in 1981. He was a member of Calvary Baptist
Church, its XYZ Club, Boardman VFW & the National Rifle Association.
He was a Mason for 50 years. He was a WWII Army Veteran serving in
North Africa, Italy & Sicily. Besides his wife, the former Emogene
Cochran whom he married August 1, 1942, he leaves two daughters,
Betty A. Sandrock of Poland & Margaret A. Yurkovich of Shorewood,
IL; A son, John E. Jr. of Leominster, MA; two sisters Fannie B.
Wilcox of Saltsburg and Margaret G. Bytheway of San Jose, CA; three
grandchldren. A sister Blanche E. Bytheway & a brother Robert W.
Bytheway are deceased. Contributions may be made to the Church, 1463
Shields Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44512.
