Toshio Odamura
Bird Commission case file number 357. Custodian file number 8687. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_17_file_0357)
He was born on 10 March 1911. He was a box mill foreman employed by Grower’s Box Supply Company Limited, Haney, BC. His family includes Mine Odamura (mother; nee Mine Hamada), Magoichi Odamura (father), Naraye Odamura (wife; Naraye Sakai), Amy Emiko Odamura (daughter), and Lillian Mitsuye Odamura [also known as Mitsoye Odamura (daughter). His home address is listed as Rural Route No. 1, Haney, BC. He was forcibly uprooted to Slocan, BC.
Metadata
| Surname | Odamura |
| Forename | Toshio |
| Regularized Name | Toshio Odamura |
| Custodian Identification Number | 8687 |
| Nationality | Canadian born |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Slocan, BC |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Haney |
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