Certificate of Naturalization for Magoichi Odamura/ Province of British Columbia

DescriptionTitle ProperCertificate of Naturalization for Magoichi Odamura/ Province of British ColumbiaDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1909General material designation

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Scope and content

Naturalization Certificate for Magoichi Odamura from the County Court of Nanaimo, dated April 30, 1909. Date acknowledgments from 1909 to 1925 are on the bottom of the document. On the back of the document is a stamp which reads: "Canadian Immigration: March 6, 1933: Admitted returned Canadians: Vancouver, BC".

Name of creator

Mr. Toshio Odamura was born at Steveston, BC March 10, 1911. He attended Steveston Japanese Language School. Mr. Odamura moved to Haney [ca. 1928] and got married to his wife Naraye, January 18, 1936. From Haney, he and his wife were temporarily interned in Hastings Park and then Slocan in 1942. From Slocan, he and his wife moved to Penticton and then to Vancouver.

Mr. Odamura's occupations included being an employee at Wood Fibre, BC, a truck driver at Slocan and various other occupations.

Immediate source of acquisition

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.