Probate/Estate Record of Kihachi Hirayama

Probate/Estate Record of Kihachi Hirayama

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Title Proper F0 GR2202 REEL B09035 FILE 33330
Date(s) 1945
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Scope and content
This is the probate record of Kihachi Hirayama, who died at Lemon Creek, British Columbia, 6 September 1944. Hirayama owned property in New Westminster. After reimbursement to BC Security Commission and Sode Hirayama (wife) for funeral expenses, as well as other debts including property taxes in arrears, Hirayama’s estate was divided amongst his family who resided from Lemon Creek to New Denver, Brampton, and Montreal.
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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 Kihachi Hirayama
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