Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2010.022.018

Title

Members of the Shigehiro family in 1948.

Date

1948.

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; Members of the Shigehiro family in 1948, possibly taken near the end of their internment in Raymond, Alberta in May 1948, or after they moved in May 1948 to Barnwell, Alberta; Otoichi Shigehiro can be seen on the far left and Asano Shigehiro is 4th from the left; a note accompanying this phoro says that they were still living in an old beet house in 1948, and that they had no running water or inside plumbing from 1942 - 1961.

People/Subject

Shigehiro, Otoichi

Otoichi Shigehiro was born on April 1, 1893. He married Asano Morikawa (1903-1996) and they had children Kyoto, Aigi, and Ted. They lived in Port Hammond, Britannia Beach, Port Moody, and White Rock before moving to Langley in 1931. 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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