Jun Kobayashi
He was born on 25 September 1903. He was a self-employed shoemaker. His family includes Toku Kobayashi (mother; nee Toku Takahashi), Hirokichi Kobayashi (father; deceased at time of file), Satoko Kobayashi (wife; nee Satoko Ishisaka), Betty Kobayashi [also listed as Sadako Kobayashi] (daughter; born 20 June 1931), Jane Kobayashi [also listed as Yoshiko Kobyashi] (daughter; born 11 June 1933), Helen Kobayashi [also listed as Takako Kobayashi] (daughter; born 8 March 1935), and Thomas Kobayashi [also appears as Toshiheko Kobayashi] (son; born 29 February 1940). His home address is listed as 836 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC. 806 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster, is also listed as an address he lived at. He was forcibly uprooted to Sandon, BC and New Denver, BC. His listed seized property includes two hundred gramophone records which he requested be given to Reverend Kenryu Tsuji of the Hompa Buddhist Temple at 604 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, a phonograph, a go cart, a gramophone, a “Japanese Shrine” and “Japanese Dolls.”.
Metadata
Forename | Jun |
Surname | Kobayashi |
Regularized Name | Jun Kobayashi |
Custodian Identification Number | 6913 |
Nationality | Japanese national |
Residence (after uprooting) | Sandon, BC |
Residence (after uprooting) | New Denver, BC |
Residence (before uprooting) | New Westminster |
Collections
Custodian Case Files (1)
Terminology
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