Kyuya Oda
Husband of Shizu Oda. Bird Commission case file number 1197. Custodian file number 1352. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_60_file_1197.)
Oda was born on 19 February 1897. He was a farmer. His family includes Sumi Oda (mother; nee Sumi Oda; in Japan), Yosoya Oda (father; deceased at time of file), Shizu Oda (wife; nee Shizu Nishida), Akio Oda (son; born 10 January 1929), and Eiko Oda (daughter; born 9 October 1931). His home address is listed as Rural Route No. 1, Mission, BC. 3881 Lougheed Highway is handwritten beside this address. He owned approximately 10.5 acres of farm land with a home, a bathhouse, a cabin for berry pickers, animal buildings, and sheds. He grew strawberries, raspberries, loganberries and rhubarb. He had one horse, four hundred chickens and a dog. He was forcibly uprooted to Rural Route No. 4, Sparta Road, St. Thomas, ON. His address at the time of the Bird Commission was Rural Route No. 5, Merlin, ON. His farm was seized and sold to the Director of the Veterans’ Land Act. His other listed seized property includes household belongings and farming equipment.
Metadata
| Surname | Oda |
| Forename | Kyuya |
| Regularized Name | Kyuya Oda |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Custodian Identification Number | 1352 |
| Nationality | Japanese national |
| Residence (after uprooting) | St Thomas, ON |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Mission |
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