Sumie Nishimura
Bird Commission case file number 976. Custodian file number 5263. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_49_file_0976)
She was born on 29 September 1894. She is also listed in the files as Sumiye Nishimura. She was a housewife. Her family includes Sagoro Nishimura (husband), Nobuo Nishimura (son), Sadao Nishimura (son), Misayo Nishimura (daughter), Yayoi Nishimura (daughter), Masao Nishimura (daughter), Hayami Nishimura (daughter), Setsuya Nishimura (son), and Osamu Nishimura (son). Her home address is listed as P.O. Box 158, No. 32 Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Steveston, BC. She was forcibly uprooted to Greenwood, BC.
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