Kisaku Hirai

Hirai was born on 28 April 1878. He was retired at time of file. His family includes Hiemon Hirai (father; deceased at time of file), Ai Hirai (wife; nee Ai Mizuno), Fukutaro Hirai (son), Shigeo Hirai (son), Saburo Hirai (son), Kiyoko Tanaka (daughter; nee Kiyoko Hirai), Yoshiko Hamanishi (daughter; nee Yoshiko Hirai), Toyoko Hayashi (daughter; nee Toyoko Hirai), and Sadako Hirai [possibly Sadake Hirai] (daughter; in Japan). His home address is listed as 95 Moncton Street, Steveston, BC. He was forcibly uprooted to Greenwood, BC and was exiled to Japan on 17 June 1946 His listed seized property includes 93-95 Moncton Street, two small stores that were sold to John Szewczynski, z 1916 automatic Stys revolver with leather holster, and household belongings.

Metadata

Forename	Kisaku
Surname	Hirai
Regularized Name	Kisaku Hirai
Custodian Identification Number	1552
Nationality	Naturalized Canadian
Residence (after uprooting)	Greenwood, BC
Label	Exiled to Japan
Residence (before uprooting)	Steveston

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)

1552: Kisaku 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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