Keizo Ito
He was born on 23 January 1890. He was a logger employed by Hiland Logging Company, O’Brien Bay, BC. His family includes Kame Ito (mother; nee Kame Iwaihara), Kametaro Ito (father), Yoshio Ito (wife; nee Yoshio Mitsuiki; in Japan), Akiko Ito (daughter; in Japan), and five children over the age of sixteen in Japan. His home address is listed as Hiland Logging Company, O’Brien Bay, BC. He was forcibly uprooted to Popoff Farms, Slocan, BC. He was exiled to Japan on 17 June 1946.
Metadata
| Forename | Keizo |
| Surname | Ito |
| Regularized Name | Keizo Ito |
| Custodian Identification Number | 2330 |
| Nationality | Naturalized Canadian |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Slocan, BC |
| Label | Exiled to Japan |
| Residence (before uprooting) | O’Brien Bay |
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Terminology
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