Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2010.022.005

Title

Inouye and Morikawa families and friends visiting the Morikawa house in 1931.

Date

[ca. 1931].

Description

Photograph: b&w ; of Inouye and Morikawa families and friends in 1931; image shows families standing in front of Morikawa home on Townline Road, Maple Ridge; Asano Shigehiro (nee Morikawa) appears to be standing on the left, with husband Otoichi Shigehiro behind her; Asano's sister was a member of the Inouye family.

People/Subject

Inouye family

Morikawa family

Shigehiro, Otoichi

Otoichi Shigehiro was born on April 1, 1893. He married Asano Morikawa (1903-1996) and they had ten children, including Kyoto, Aigi, Taror (sp?), Jimmie, Cheko, Ted, and Elsie Yuriko. They lived in Port Hammond, Britannia Beach, Port Moody, and White Rock before moving to Langley in 1931. The family consisted of ten children including Sumi, born the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, when in May 1942 the family was interned and they were moved to Raymond, Alberta. They lived there until May 1948, when they moved to Barnwell, Alberta; in 1957 they moved to Taber, Alberta, and in 1961 they moved to Lethbridge. Otoichi Shigehiro passed away on February 28, 1970.

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