Zentaro Teramura

He was born on 9 August 1892. He was a sawmill hand employed by Alberta Lumber Company Limited, Vancouver, BC. His family includes Tome Teramura (mother; nee Tome Hayashi), Zenzo Teramura (father), Haru Teramura (wife; deceased), Kiyoko Teramura (daughter; in Japan), Yukiko Teramura (daughter; in Japan), Yoshio Teramura (son; in Japan), and Toshiko Teramura (daughter; in Japan). His home address is listed as Steveston, BC. 2018 Yukon Street, Vancouver, BC is listed as a former address. He was forcibly uprooted to Princeton, BC and was exiled to Japan on 31 May 1946.

Metadata

Forename	Zentaro
Surname	Teramura
Regularized Name	Zentaro Teramura
Custodian Identification Number	2244
Nationality	Japanese national
Residence (after uprooting)	Princeton, BC
Label	Exiled to Japan
Residence (before uprooting)	Steveston

Collections

Custodian Case Files (1)

2244: Zentaro Teramura

Shared Surnames

Teramura

Name	See also
Teramura	寺村
Chozo Teramura
Eikichi Teramura
Jintaro Teramura
Kenzo Teramura
Kinuye Teramura
Kise Teramura
Masa Teramura
Nobu Teramura Nobu Teramura
Shiro Teramura
Shirou Teramura	寺村四郞
Sotojiro Teramura
T Teramura
Tazu Hikida	Tazu Hikida
Tokutaro Teramura
Tomokichi Teramura
Tomokichi Teramura	寺村友吉
Zentaro Teramura

Terminology

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