Tsuruye Nagamatsu

Nagamatsu was born on 25 August 1894. Her maiden name was Tsuruye Matsumura. She was a berry grower who owned six acres of land. Her family includes Toye Matsumura (mother; nee Toye Yoshida; deceased at time of file), Jihe Matsumura (father; deceased at time of file), Goichiro Nagamatsu (husband), Sumiko Nagamatsu (daughter), Toruo Nagamatsu [possibly Torio Nagamatsu] (son), Noboru Nagamatsu (son), Taye Nagamatsu (daughter), and Mariko Onishi (daughter; nee Mariko Nagamatsu), Masaru Nagamatsu (son), and Akira Nagamatsu (son). Her home address is listed as P.O. Box 567, Pitt Meadows, BC. She was forcibly uprooted to New Denver, BC. Her six acre property and home at 2291 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows, BC was seized and sold the The Director of the Veterans’ Land Act.

Metadata

Forename	Tsuruye
Surname	Nagamatsu
Regularized Name	Tsuruye Nagamatsu
Custodian Identification Number	1482
Nationality	Japanese national
Residence (after uprooting)	New Denver, BC
Residence (before uprooting)	Pitt Meadows

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)

1482: Tsuruye Nagamatsu

Shared Surnames

Nagamatsu

Name	See also
Akira Nagamatsu
Denshin Nagamatsu
Goichiro Nagamatsu
Goichiro Nagamatsu
Katsue Nagamatsu
Masaru Nagamatsu
Michiko Nagamatsu
Noboru Nagamatsu
Sakuo Nagamatsu
Tsuruye Nagamatsu
Tsuruye Nagamatsu

Terminology

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