Dominion of Canada Registration Certificate
Description
| Title Proper | Dominion of Canada Registration Certificate |
| Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1940 |
| General material designation |
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
|
| Scope and content |
A cream cardstock card with black ink
that reads, "Dominion of Canada National Registration Regulations, 1940,
Registration Certificate... this is to certify that Nishihata Kishi residing at
457 Powell St Van was duly registered..." |
| Name of creator |
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.
|
| 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. |
Structure
| Repository | Nikkei National Museum |
| Fonds | Nishihata Family collection |
| Series | Kishi Nishihata Identification Cards and Certificate |
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Title
Dominion of Canada Registration Certificate
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