Family information in Pitt Meadows in 1942

 
Children

• Kikuye Ito (Daughter) – Born August 31st, 1913. Occupation: Housemaid for Mrs. A Perring Taylor.
• Yukiko Ito (Daughter) – Born August 17th, 1918. Occupation: At Home.
• Kikuo Ito (Son) – Born February 27th, 1921. Occupation: Farmer employed by Mr. Ito. Passed away December 27th, 2012
• Yukio Ito (Son) – Born October 27th, 1922. Occupation: Logger employed by T.B. Meeker. Passed away February 4th, 1993.
• Kazuo Ito or David Kazuo Ito (Son) – Born 1928 or 1927. No Records. (14 years old on April 10th, 1942).
• Toshio Ito (Son) – Born 1930 or 1929. No Records. (12 years old on April 10th, 1942). Passed away on June 28th, 2019.
• Yoshio Ito (Son) – Born December 4th, 1930. No Records
• Teruko Ito or Tillie Ito (Daughter) – Born 1932 or 1931. No Records (10 years old on April 10th, 1942).

*Note: Both husbands were adopted into wife’s family, eldest four children father is Kikuji (Kikuye, Yukiko, Kikue, Yukio). Rest of the children are second husbands.

 
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History of the Ito Family

Isematsu, Yae, and Ine Ito were all born in Japan. They entered Canada in 1906 and were naturalized in 1914. As of the 1931 Canadian census, they were living in Richmond. By April of 1942, Ine, her parents, and her children were living in Pitt Meadows.

 
 
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History of their lives after leaving Pitt Meadows

The Ito family was forced to move to Manitoba to work on the sugar beet farms in 1942.

Kikuo headed to Ontario to take up work in the logging industry. He enlisted in the Canadian Army and served from 1945 to 1947 with the S-20 in the South Asia Command-Intelligence Division, earning the rank of Sergeant during his service. After he was released from Active Service he moved back to the West Coast. He met and married his wife Sue during this time. They owned a dry-cleaning business in the city in the 1950s, and in 1957 Kikuo joined the ILWU and worked as a Longshoreman until his retirement in 1983. He had two daughters with his wife. He passed away on December 27th, 2012.

Toshio remained in Winnipeg and passed away on June 28th, 2019.

Yoshio lived in Winnipeg following his families forced relocation from Pitt Meadows. He was married to Chizu and had 2 children. He was a part of his community and had a successful construction business. He retired to British Columbia in 1996 and returned to Winnipeg in 2020. He passed away on October 1st, 2023.

Teruko Tillie Norris (nee: Ito) remained in Winnipeg. She married Lyle Norris and had four children. She loved to curl, play darts and sing. She passed away on September 18th, 2022.

We have no record of what happened to the other children following their forced relocation from Pitt Meadows.

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Internment Records