Minoru Nasu
Bird Commission case file number 1108. Custodian file number 1452. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_56_file_1108)
Nasu was born on 09 March 1916. He was a fisherman. His family includes Yaye Nasu (mother; nee Yaye Nomura) and Otokichi Nasu (father; deceased at time of file). He lived in Ucluelet, BC and was forcibly uprooted to Slocan, BC; Love’s Mushroom Farm Scarborough Junction, ON; 102 Centre Avenue, Toronto, ON; and 81 Montrose Avenue, Toronto, ON. His listed seized property includes: a block of a lot in Hakoda Bay, Ucluelet, BC; a house; a woodhouse; a chicken house; a vehicle, a 1928 Willys-Knight automobile; household belongings; fishing equipment; tools; food, including rice and miso; and a Japanese saw.
Metadata
| Surname | Nasu |
| Forename | Minoru |
| Regularized Name | Minoru Nasu |
| Surname | Nasu |
| Forename | Minoru |
| Regularized Name | Minoru Nasu |
| Custodian Identification Number | 1452 |
| Nationality | Canadian born |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Slocan, BC |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Mushroom Farm Scarborough Junction, ON |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Toronto, ON |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Toronto, ON |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Ucluelet |
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