Saijiro Wakita
Bird Commission case file number 57. Custodian file number 12966. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_04_file_0057)
He was born on 7 February 1887. He worked at or owned a general store. His family includes Natsu Wakita (mother), Uno Wakita (wife), Hajime Wakita (son), Yutaka Wakita [also listed as Sukeji Wakita] (son), Yaeko Wakita (daughter), Masayo Wakita (daughter), Nobuko Wakita (daughter), and Jitsue Wakita (daughter). Steveston, BC is listed as a former address. He was forcibly uprooted to Revelstoke, BC.
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