Haruko Tokai
Bird Commission case file number 332. Custodian file number 1185. Wife of Kanezo Tokai. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_16_file_0332)
Tokai was born on 20 January 1912. Her maiden name was Haruko Morimoto. She was a housewife. Her family includes Seiichi Morimoto (father), Kanezo Tokai (husband), Yasuko Tokai (daughter), Hideko Tokai (daughter), and Naoyuki Tokai (son). She’s listed as having lived at the Scottish Canadian Cannery [possibly in Steveston, BC], in Fanny Bay, BC, and in Steveston, BC. She was forcibly uprooted to Greenwood, BC. Seized property includes: lots in Richmond, BC [under her husband’s name]; household belongings.
Metadata
| Surname | Tokai |
| Forename | Haruko |
| Regularized Name | Haruko Tokai |
| Custodian Identification Number | 1185 |
| Nationality | Japanese national |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Greenwood, BC |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Fanny Bay |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Steveston |
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