1426: Hayato Takata
Hayato Takata
Takata was born on 05 March 1881. He is also named in the file as Hayato Harry Takata.
He was a tea garden operator, owning his own business in partnership with his brother,
Kensuke Takata, at Gorge Park, Victoria, BC. His family includes Kinu Takata [possibly
Kino Takata, as listed in his brother’s file] (mother) and Hayato Takata (brother).
He lived at Gorge Park, Victoria, BC and was forcibly uprooted to Camp No. 1, Hope-Princeton
Road, Princeton, BC; Harris Ranch, New Denver, BC; and 437 Sumach Street, Toronto,
ON. His listed seized property includes: 2 vacant lots at McRae Avenue and Shelbourne
Street, Saanich, BC; 7 room bungalow, 1 small shed, 2 large tea rooms, dance hall,
and 9 small summer houses jointly owned by the Takata brothers on the Gorge Park property
(owned by B.C. Electric Railway Company Limited, Victoria, BC); furniture, fixtures,
appliances, other belongings (including Japanese lanterns, Japanese paper lanterns,
and Japanese paper windows), and carpenter’s and gardening tools pertaining to tea
garden business; shrubs and plants [some reported stolen]; household belongings; sewing
machine; stove; upright piano.
Sex | M |
Date of Birth | 05 March 1881 |
Nationality | Japanese national |
Locations before uprooting |
Victoria
|
Reel |
C-9319
(429-497)
|
Type | Person |
Custodian Number | 1426 |
Name | Hayato Takata |
Dates |
Not Before:
17 March 1942
Not After:
11 July 1949
|
Case File Also Contains |
This file also contains documents pertaining to Japanese garden and tea house [also,
“Japanese Tea Gardens” and “Gorge Park Japanese Tea Garden and Recreation Park] in
Gorge Park, Victoria, BC, including correspondence to and from Takata concerning his
business and property and theft and vandalism of said property (and elsewhere in Victoria,
BC).
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Excerpt | I have been informed by my brother Kensuke Takata that our personal properties have been sold by public auction on December 18, 1944 at Victoria, B.C. I am very perturbed that such an action was taken without the consent of either party concerned, but since a rebuttal is, and would be of no avail I am writing to you to advise you on my decision regarding my half-share of the credit balance held in Joint Account ... (Excerpt from a letter written by Harry Takata, of Harris Ranch, New Denver, BC, to R.G. Bell, Office of the Custodian) |
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1426: Hayato Takata
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