Receipts belonging to Jusuke Ishikawa

This file has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.

The file consists of receipts for various items belonging to Jusuke Ishikawa. Three receipts from Henry Birks and sons Limited dating from 1909-1910 for a diamond ring, plain ring and brooch for Tame. A receipt from the BC Revenue Tax for $3.00 in 1910. A receipt stamped by the provincial timber inspector for $250 on his share of the timber lease dated November 5, 1910. An interim receipt from the Mutual Fire insurance Co. of BC for fire insurance on his Hammond property. A letter (written in Japanese) in an envelope postmarked 1917 addressed to Jusuke Ishikawa, from Mr. Isamu Masushita in Victoria. An empty envelope from Tokyo postmarked 1917. Three receipts from the Canadian Bank of Commerce dated November 10, 1919 sending money to Yokohama and Osaka. A Library Tax receipt dated 1936. A silk cloth belonging to Jusuke Ishikawa acknowledging his contribution to the Buddha, 1926. Two receipts, one dated 1926 and the other 1935, both written in Japanese. Receipt stamped November 30th, 1937. Two Japanese Government bonds for 20 Yen each, issued October 23, 1939.

Jusuke Ishikawa was born Sept 10, 1867 in Ihonosho, Yamaguchi, Japan. He came to Canada in 1899. In 1909 he spent $75.00 on his first installment of land in Port Hammond where he had a logging crew. Eventually he cleared the land and had a strawberry farm. He married Tame Hirotsu after buying rings from Birks in 1909.

No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.