Kei Hatashita

Kei Hatashita

Her maiden name is Kei Hatashita. Bird Commission case file number 1154. Custodian file number 1390. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_58_file_1154)
She was born on 26 April 1916. In RCMP documents the additional name Mrs. T. Hayashi has been handwritten in. She was a store manager of a store owned by her father. Her family includes Ritsuko Hatashita (mother; nee Ritsuko Ueyama), George Hatashita [also listed as Isoji Hatashita] (father), and Osamu Hatashita (brother). Her home address is listed as Egmont, BC. She was forcibly uprooted to Hamilton, ON and Toronto, ON. Her listed seized property includes 328 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC., which was sold to William Mohler. Offers to purchase were also made by A. Kovacs and George F. Jacobs & Company. Her otHer listed seized property includes the fixtures, furniture, and Electric Lighting Plant from the Edgemont, BC store she owned with her father, sold to Queen Charlotte Fisheries, and household belongings.

Metadata

SurnameHatashita
ForenameKei
Regularized NameKei Hatashita
SurnameHatashita
ForenameKei
Regularized NameKei Hatashita
Custodian Identification Number1390
NationalityUnknown
Residence (after uprooting)Hamilton, ON
Residence (after uprooting)Toronto, ON
Residence (before uprooting)Egmont

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)
Other Archival Files (1)

Terminology

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