Ai Hirai

She was born on 5 July 1890. She was a housewife. Her family includes Kisaku Hirai (husband), Fukutaro Hirai (son), Kiyoko Tanaka (daughter; nee Kiyoko Hirai), Shigeo Hirai (son), Yoshiko Hamanishi (daughter; nee Yoshiko Hirai), Toyoko Hayashi (daughter; nee Toyoko Hirai), Sadako Hirai (daughter; in Japan), and Saburo Hirai (son). Her home address is listed as P.O. Box 217, Moncton Street, Steveston, BC and 951, Nicola Street, Vancouver, BC. She was forcibly uprooted to Greenwood, BC and she was exiled to Japan on 17 June 1946.

Metadata

Forename	Ai
Surname	Hirai
Regularized Name	Ai Hirai
Custodian Identification Number	5945
Nationality	Naturalized Canadian
Residence (after uprooting)	Greenwood, BC
Label	Exiled to Japan
Residence (before uprooting)	Steveston
Residence (before uprooting)	Vancouver

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)

5945: Ai Hirai

Shared Surnames

Hirai

Name	See also
Ai Hirai
Akemi HIrai
Akemi Hirai
Aya Hirai
Chiyoka Hirai
F Hirai
Fujiye Hirai
Fukutaro Hirai
Hatsue Hirai
Heishirou Hirai	平居平四郞
Hyoshiro Hirai
Kisaku Hirai
Kyushuo Hirai
Kyuushirou Hirai	平居久四郞
Shigeo Hirai
Shigeru HIrai
Shigeru Hirai
Tsunejiro Hirai
Yoshiko Hamanishi	Yoshiko Hamanishi

Terminology

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