License and taxes for Saburo Nishihata's Sheet Metal Works

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This item consists of a license and tax statement dated 1942 and addressed to S [Saburo] Nishihata, 457 Powell St, account number 65797, from the City of Vancouver License Department issued by H.A. Urquhart, License Inspector. The license requests payment for Sheet Metal Works, Division 236, Number 2 in the sum of $25.00 by the first day of January 1942. Annotated in stamped blue ink on the right hand side, "JAN-20-42 05114 / PAID."

Komajiro Nishihata was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town of Echigawa cho, Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo and Jiro were born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school education in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada together on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened and the boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and lived with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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