Chihachi Michiguchi
He was born in 1874. He was a logger employed by Stave Lake Shingle Lake Shingle Company , Suicide Creek, BC. He has no listed family. He lived at Dewdney PO, BC. He was forcibly uprooted to Sandon, BC and exiled to Japan on 2 August 1946.
Metadata
Forename | Chihachi |
Surname | Michiguchi |
Regularized Name | Chihachi Michiguchi |
Custodian Identification Number | 10118 |
Nationality | Japanese national |
Residence (after uprooting) | Sandon, BC |
Label | Exiled to Japan |
Residence (before uprooting) | Dewdney |
Collections
Custodian Case Files (1)
Terminology
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