Edward Bytheway

and

Jane (Causer) Humphreys

Following is the story of our ancestors Edward Bytheway, born 21 March 1841 in Bilson, Staffordshire, England and Jane (Causer) Humphreys, born 5 July 1844 in England. 

Jane was born in Greencroft, Bilston, Staffordshire, and still living there at the time of the 1851 and 1861 censuses. The slight changes to her birth date, unfortunately, conflict with her headstone. But, this is quite common in the case of immigration. 

• 1851 Census, Greencroft, Bilston, Staffordshire: Jane Humphries, 7 (1844), scholar, 'dau-in-law' [step-dau] of William Causer [d/o Elizabeth Humphreys Causer], b. Bilston, Staffordshire.

• 1861 Census, Jones's Bldgs, 5 Greencroft, Bilston, Staffordshire: Jane Causer, 19 (1842), single, niece of Samuel & Harriet Rhodes, b. Bilston.

Edward was a stone minor by the age of ten.  In 1861, Edward married Jane and had six children in Shropshire, England but twins Joseph and Mary did not live very long:

1.	Sara Phoebe Bytheway born, 02 Oct 1861 and died 20 Oct 1886.
2.	Elizabeth Jane Bytheway born 01 Sept 1865
3.	Edward Bytheway born 19 Jan 1867
4.	Joseph Bytheway (twins) b: 1868 d: 1868
5.	Mary Bytheway (twins) b: 1868 d: 1868 Woolley Youkshire England
6.	Joseph Willliam Bytheway b: 30Sep1869 Spring Bank, Willenhall, Staffordshire, England d: before 1879

 

Joseph Bytheway, birth registered in the 1st quarter of 1868, Barnsley District (Yorkshire West Riding), and death registered the 3rd quarter, 1868, same district.
Mary Bytheway, birth registered in the 1st quarter of 1868, Barnsley District (Yorkshire West Riding), and death registered the 1st quarter, 1869, same district. Mary appears to have outlived her brother by a very short time.

 

Edward and Jane's neighbors Ruben & Ann Humphreys, from England (Anna in England) emigrated separately in 1868 and he naturalized (as Reuben Robert Humphreys) at Suitor's Station, Westmoreland County 30 Sep 1874. Reuben may be an older cousin to Jane. He was born 1831 in Bilston, the son of Job & Mary Humphreys.

Edward left from Liverpool, steerage, ship’s manifest ##903336 20 July 1869 on the "City of London" ship bound for New York. 

A year later, Jane left on 27 June 1870 on the "SS Idaho" with Sarah (7), Elizabeth (5), Edward (3) and Joseph  (toddler).  Our grandpa Edward Bytheway was at the ripe age of 3 years old for this journey.   Note that Joseph [aka Joseph William] was 10 months old at that time in 1870. More data indicates Joseph at 8m 28d when they arrived in Philadelphia (27 June 1870), and 9m 11d, when they were enumerated (11 Jul 1870).  Not only did Jane travel from England to New York with her children also on the manifest was Ann Humphrey (25) traveling with an infant, Jeff.  This might help understand how Jane was able to handle 4 children during the ship cruise, she had help and was traveling together with Ann(a).

Suitors station in Westmoreland County is on the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad which explains how they moved from NYC to Westmoreland, PA.    Suitor's Station does not exist today.

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).  Samuel & Harriet Rhodes were witnesses at the marriage of their niece, Jane (Humphries) Causer and Edward Bytheway on 22 Dec 1861. 

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.

They migrated to Oakmont, Pennsylvania and were baptized at the St Thomas Episcopal Church on 11 May 1879.  The two families, Ruban & Anna Humphreys, Edward & Jane Bytheway were living door to door in Washington County, PA, and both went to Westmoreland County by 1880.

Edward and Jane had several more children in Pennsylvania, 

7.	Emma Bytheway b: 08Sep1872
8.	John George Bytheway b: 29Dec1874 Shafton, Westmoreland, PA d: 07Feb1971
9.	William Bytheway b: 15Apr1877 Sandy Creek, Allegheny, PA, d: 1965

By 1880, the census shows them living in the Greensburg area of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.  More children were born.

10.	Joseph Bytheway b: 17Nov1879 Sandy Creek, Allegheny, PA d: 20Oct1939
11.	Alice Bytheway b: 03Oct1883, d: 01Sep1904
12.	Charles Henry Bytheway b:03Oct1887 Westmoreland City, PA d: 21Mar1969

The family were members of the Christ Episcopal Church in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.   By 1900, the family had relocated to Sewickley, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

Edward died in 1904, but Jane did not stay unmarried very long.  She remarried to James Daniels (born about 1857), a widower himself on 24 November 1909 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Greensburg.

Jane was 64 years old when she married James.  The 1910 US Census shows that James had 2 children, Phoebe Daniels (21) and James Daniels (16) still living at home in North Huntingdon, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.  It is also suspected that Phoebe Daniels is the daughter of Jane's son Edward.

Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 24 November 1909

Appears that they knew each other through the Christ Episcopal Church and their friendship together made sense to get married.

Jane died when she was 75 years old in 1920.

Both Edward and Jane are buried in theUnion Cemetery in Irwin, PA. 

Edward Bytheway B:  21 Mar 1841 Bilson, Staffordshire, England M:  22 Dec 1861 Ettingshall, Staffordshire D:  26 Dec 1904 Union Cemetery, Irwin, PA

Jane (Humphry) Causer B:  5 Jul 1844 Bilson, Staffordshire England M:   22 Dec 1861 Ettingshall, Staffordshire D:  18 May 1920 Union Cemetery, Irwin, PA

Following are pictures of the Edward and Jane Bytheway family Bible.  This book was inherited by George John Bytheway which has been kept it in their family.

Edward & Jane Humphrey Marriage Certificate 1861

The following entry recognizes that Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Bytheway are one in the same.