Royston Lumber Company
Royston Lumber Company Limited a lumber company that was owned primarily by the Kaminishi, Iwasa, Minato, and Tomihiro families. It was located at Royston, British Columbia, near Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island. People involved in the business include George Kenroku Uchiyama [or George Uchiyama] (manager and shareholder), Kannosuke Kaminishi [also listed as Kannosuki Kaminishi] (shareholder), Keiji Minato (shareholder), Kinosuke Minato (shareholder), Matsutaro Iwasa (shareholder), Kinosuke Minato (shareholder), Keiji Minato, and Tomihiro [possibly Senichi Tomihiro] (shareholder). The file contains documents with the names of additional shareholders.
Metadata
| OrgName | Royston Lumber Company |
| Custodian Identification Number | 15706 |
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