Isamu Ishikawa and his biological family in Yamaguchi, Japan

Isamu Ishikawa and his biological family in Yamaguchi, Japan

Description

Title Proper Isamu Ishikawa and his biological family in Yamaguchi, Japan
Date(s) 1927
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
An image of Isamu with his father and mother, Sadakichi and Yoshida Hirotsu. Isamu was the fourth son of Sadakichi and adopted by Jusuke and Tame Ishikawa. The image shows three people standing at the back with five people seated in the front with Yoshida holding a small child. Isamu was born in 1910, this image may reflect a family photo prior to going to Canada in 1927 at age 17.
Name of creator
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.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Isamu Ishikawa and his biological family in Yamaguchi, Japan
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