Ayako Kagikawa was born in Japan about 1901.
Inmate: #52920 San Quentin Prison (California)
Rec: 1 Oct 191932
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
Term: Life
Age: 31
Transferred to Tehachapi Women's Prison 1 Jan 1933
Her Lover Koji Hatamoto
Inmate: #52794 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 9 Sep 1932
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
Term: Death
Age: 38
Executed by hanging 19 May 1933
Ayako was married to Rinzaburo Kanda they came to America together 13 Aug 1923 on the ship Taiyo Maru. Arriving in San Francisco and their distention was Fowler, CA.
(TAIYO MARU by Ueda Kihachiro)
1923:
Management passes to Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha, (Oriental Steamship Company), Yokohama. TAIYO MARU is placed on their trans-Pacific route between Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Rinzaburo was born 15 March 1882 in Hiroshima, Japan, had family in California, his brother Takata Kanda and his wife and children were here.
Koji Hatamoto was born 28 June 1895 in Kobe, Japan. He came to America when he was about 18 years old. Arriving 13 June 1914 on the ship SS Siberia Maru.
Sister ships SS Siberia Maru and SS Korea Maru, Brannan Street Wharf, San Francisco, California, 1920s
Molly Mariko Kanda was born 23 Feb 1929 in Los Angeles, CA and was murdered by her biological Father Koji on 31 Dec 1931 in Los Angeles, CA.
Koji awaiting trial
Koji & Ayako showing the police where the body of their daughter was.
Here are some newspaper articles I found.
Rinzaburo would go on with his life and in 1940 he is living with his brother Takata Kanda. The war of course would change their lives and he would go to a camp.
Found this record:
Name: Rinzabur Kanda
Project: Granada (X-Y Granada)
Assembly: Santa Anita
Gender: Male
Race: Japanese
Birth Year: 1882
Birth Place Region: Southern Division
Birth Place Country: Japan
US Arrival Year: 1898
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Languague: Japanese Speak, Write, Read; English Speaking
School Years Japan: 10 Years
School Years Japan Other: 1-8 & 9-12 Years Of School Only
Education Degree: No Degree
Grade Completed: High School 2 In Japan
Total Time In Japan: 15 Years But Less Than 20 In Japan
Times In Japan: 2 Times-- Not Attending School
Age While In Japan: Between Ages 0-9, 10-19 & Also 20 & Over
Service Or Pensions: X
Marital status: Single
Race Spouse: No Spouse
Alien Reg Number: Has A.R. But Not S.S. Number And Has Not Attended Japanese Language School
Religion: Not Available
Primary Occupation: Gardeners and Grounds Keepers, Parks, Cemetaries, Etc.
Secondary Occupation: Skilled Foremen, Construction
Potential Occupation: Skilled Carpenters
File Number: 80707482104
Mother Birth Location: Japan
Father Birth Location: Japan
Father U.S. Occupation: Blank, Unknown, None, Dash
Father Occupation Other: Blank, Unknown, None, Dash
Spouse Race: No Spouse
Rinzaburo Kanda
in the U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946
Name: Rinzaburo Kanda
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Mar 1882
Arrival Date: 27 Sep 1942
Departure Date: 18 Sep 1945
Residence Year: 1942
Residence State: Colorado
Relocation Center: Granada, October 1945
NARA Roll Number: 4
Must of been a very scary time for him, and sad for him and his brother's family. But they were together.
Granada opened August 27, 1942, and reached a peak population of 7,318 persons by February 1943, making it the smallest of the WRA camps (although the total number who passed through the camp during its three-year existence was over 10,000). Nearly all of the camp's original internees came from California: southwest Los Angeles, the Central Valley and the northern coast. Many had been residents of the Yamato Colony, a farming settlement established by Issei businessman Kyutaro Abiko. Each person was only allowed to bring one bag, therefore, many people were forced to sell what they could or give away their possessions, including pets, before being forced out.
1956 he took a trip to Hawaii and then he would die in March 1965 in California.
Ayako was paroled and deported, I found a newspaper article dated Jan 1940
Comments
Post a Comment