Toyohisa Koyanagi
Bird Commission case file number 687. Custodian file number 1441. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_33_file_0687)
Koyanagi was born on 01 July 1899. He was a fisherman employed by Terra Nova Cannery, Marpole, BC. His family includes Ikuno Koyanagi (mother; in Japan), Gitaro Koyanagi (father; in Japan), Ino Koyanagi (wife; nee Ino Harada), Keiichi Koyanagi (son; born on 28 October 1927), Saburo Koyanagi (son; born on 10 September 1929), Nobuko Koyanagi (daughter; born on 03 October 1936), Kanae Koyanagi (daughter; born on 11 December 1940), and Shiro Koyanagi (daughter; 10 December 1940). He lived in Eburne, BC and was forcibly uprooted to Lemon Creek, BC, Lethbridge, AB, and Taber, AB. His listed seized property includes: boat “T.K.”/“Nobuko”; fishing equipment; household belongings; gramophone and records; sewing machine.
Metadata
| Surname | Koyanagi |
| Forename | Toyohisa |
| Regularized Name | Toyohisa Koyanagi |
| Custodian Identification Number | 1441 |
| Nationality | Naturalized Canadian |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Lemon Creek, BC |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Lethbridge, AB |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Taber, AB |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Eburne |
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