Probate/Estate Record of Hichizo Joe Uwate

Probate/Estate Record of Hichizo Joe Uwate

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Title Proper F0 GR2202 REEL B09014 FILE 30741
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1943
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This is the probate record of Hichizo Joe Uwate, who died in Tashme, British Columbia on 29 April 1943. Uwate left a widow, two sons, three daughters and two grand-children from a deceased son. Most of his kin lived in Tashme: one daughter lived in Carmi, BC; another daughter lived in Picture Butte, Alberta; and his grandson lived in Blenheim, Ontario. Uwate’s estate was left insolvent.
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The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
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Probate/Estate Record of Hichizo Joe Uwate
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