Akita - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Oriuchi

april_kaori — 2012-05-02 18:07:43Z

Hello,

My mother's family name is Oriuchi. I haven't been able to find much of any information on the name. I know they came from Akita and my grandfather had something like 10 brothers and sisters, he was the youngest. His parents died when he was just a chibi kid and his sisters essentially raised him. My grandfather is still alive (in his 90s!!!) and I think he may have a living sibling or two.. Does this sound familiar to any other people with Oriuchi lineage?

Akita named Duncan

ebrodie1 — 2010-05-05 08:20:45Z

Searching for the person(s), who adopted my 4 mo. old blk./white Pinto Akita puppy from local animal shelter, in Little Rock, Ar. His name was Duncan, & he looked like he had on a 'Saddle'...very flashy & handsome. Please contact me @ (501)625-0471.. Thanks

Need Help finding information on Sato family

3170760 — 2009-09-23 00:30:02Z

How do you find out information from Japan on a family?

I know that my husband's grandfather is Arthur Sato.

His father's name is something like Masao or Masozo Sato born about 1865 and lived in NY. We were told by many family members that Masao(?) was from a royal or noble family but that's all they knew.
He came over here in the 1890's but have not found the record yet. He did own a large piece of land in NY when he settled here, but lost it somehow to the state.
A friend that is from China said that the first name can actually give you the town of origin and then the house, but I would like to find out everything I can: his ancestors, his correct spelling, if there is a crest, any siblings, etc. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.

1910 census http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex...

1920 Census http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&a......

Any Contact details for Sato Masahiro

2006-03-20 14:18:15Z

To whom it may concern

I am searching for the contact details of Sato Masahiro, my father.
He married my mother, Maureen Swanepoel of South Africa, in the late 1970's. I was born in South Africa on 27 March 1978. Last known address is Funakawa, Oga city, Akita-Ken. My Mother was friends with an American woman named Holly Kitch who is also my Godmother. We, my mother and I, lived in Japan with my Father's family before leaving in 1978. We have since been living in South Africa. I am hoping to get to know my father or any other relatives I may have in Japan. Please help me if you can.

Sincerely
Ashica Bracher

Looking for Shigenobu Takayama

SA_Byrd — 2006-02-19 12:04:23Z

Looking for info on Shigenobu Takayama married to Hana Sato. Living in Northern Honshu, Akita, Japan in 1927. They had several children including daughter named Ran Takayama. I believe that Shigenobu died before 1953. Any information or suggestions for searching for these individuals would be appreciated.

Re: Looking for Shigenobu Takayama

SA_Byrd — 2006-02-19 12:04:23Z

Thank you for the offer Fuyuki. I am not sure that a phone book would help. Ran no longer lives in Japan and I believe that Shigenobu's other children are deceased (besides, I don't have their first names). I can only hope to find the grandchildren of Shigenobu and I am certain there are lots of Takayamas in the area. Do you have any suggestions?

ITO, YUWATA, TERAKURA, SEGA, KITAKATA, KAKIYAMA, KURISAKI

2004-04-06 22:21:50Z

YUKIE ITO B 12/23/23 IN GIFU KEN D 10/28/01 IN SALINAS MONTEREY, CA, USA MARRIED HERSHELL EUGENE GRUBBS B 5/9/35 IN GRAND CHAIN, PULASKI, ILL D 5/19/77 IN SALINAS, MONTEREY, CA
FATHER: TORAJIRO B 3/22/1878 (MOTHERS NAME WAS NAMI)
MARRIED 2/17/1919
MOTHER: KURA YUWATA D 1/12/43 (FATHERS NAME WAS KENJIRO)
TORAJIROS FIRST WIFE WAS SEN TERAKURA MARRIED 6/12/1911
YUKIES SISTER: CHIEKO B 6/24/14
BROTHER: NOBUSHIGE B 1/1/29

HERSHELL AND YUKIE ADOPTED 4 CHILDREN IN 1972 FROM SOCIAL SERVICES OF JAPAN IN OSAKA

ALSO LOOKING FOR INFO ON TSUGIO SEGA OR ANY FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS IS MY HUSBANDS BIOLOGICAL FATHER. TSUGIOS FATHERS NAME WAS RIKIO SEGA. MOTHERS NAME WAS MIKIE KAKIYAMA. TSUGIO MARRIED YOKO KITAKATA ABT 6/61. YOKO d ABT 4/22/68 TSUGIO REMARRIED ON 1/30/70------EMIKO KURISAKI. PLEASE EMAIL ME @ MIETAK@AOL.COM OR AJSERNAGRUBBS@AOL.COM
THANKS IN ADVANCE

Re: Looking for Shigenobu Takayama

2004-02-19 20:21:57Z

i can get a family tohon of shigenobu as a family head by proxy, given you are a direct descendant of him and have his permanent address info to the street # , that is usually one of requirements to apply tohon, and from which can locate and inquiry-email a current town hall, that has jurisdiction over there, among municipalities: 9 cities, 49 towns, 10 villages in akita-ken.... do you have any source of town name??? if they are immigrants then immigration cards in consulate office like in honolulu would tell those whereaboutsinfo...

Re: Looking for Shigenobu Takayama

2004-02-18 23:01:14Z

i can look up phonebooks so on....

Looking for "Tomioka" relatives

2003-08-21 01:24:06Z

I would like to contact any relatives of my mother's (Mitsuyo Tomioka). She was born in Akita in 1929. She left Japan and moved to Canada in the early fifties. At the time she left Japan, she was living in Yokohama. She is now in her seventies and it would be so wonderful for her to get reconnected with any of her family members.

Masuzo Hagita

2003-04-07 21:41:38Z

I am looking for any information about the family ancestors and history of Masuzo and Ichi Hagita in Tokyo or Chiba. Their children are Hagima, Minoru, Mariko, Tokie, and a half-brother Kurando. I'm a friend of Tokie (Hagita) Spitz. She married Jim Spitz an American Army soldier after WWII. I have some information that Masuzo Hagita was an engineer and may have been an inventor of a pump. I know the family left Tokyo and moved to Chiba during or after WWII, and that they have a family burial plot there, but I'm not sure of the exact location. Please contact me with any information you may have regarding this family, and how I may contact any living relatives. I live in California in the United States, and my email is: it3fittro@yahoo.com. Thank you. Gary

researching kuwasaki and arita lineage

jouchi77 — 2003-02-16 22:46:10Z

my name is Jennifer and I am the grandaughter of Leroy T. Kuwasaki Sr. I am the great grandaughter of Kumakichi Kuwasaki and Kito Arita. My hopes for this query, hopes are, to find family that I have been searching for forever.
Some info that may help, I understand that my great grandmother was from Kumamoto, Japan.
Later to immigrate with my great grandfather and children to the state of Hawaii.

Please if you believe we have any connection, contact me, because I have been searching for you forever, my family.
Included in my query is a picture of my great grandparents!