im looking for all my ancestors and exatly where they came from.
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hi my name is cristina yamashiro. but i dont belive to be related to u. i want to find my family's past as well. perhaps we might be related. but there is little chance. if it might help i will tell you what i know. right now i am living in monterey park, california. my family came from japan. they then moved to peru. and that's all i know. i also know that YAMASHIRO means castel in the sky or castel in the high/big mountains. well something like that. not very sure. i would like to speak to u to see if there is a chance we could be related. xCRISTINA YAMASHIROx
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Tu seguramente hablas espanol mis ancestros tambien se establecieron en Peru, naci en Peru mis padres son niseis pero ahora resido en Canada ya por 10 anos podria haber una posibilidad de que nuestras familias se conozcan porque el apellido Yamashiro no es muy comun,probablemente del Callao.
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Yes, that is right. "Yamashiro" does mean "Mountain Castle", actually, depending on the kanji -- but in the case of those individuals whose ancestors came over to the US from Okinawa, it is the most common kanji. (The other common kanji would mean, "White Mountain"). It is true, Yamashiro is a very common last name in Okinawa -- so trying to find one's relatives there would be a daunting task.
I lived and worked in Japan for three years (in Hiroshima-ken where my mother's paternal side of the family is from) -- and actually met a fair number of my long-lost relatives there -- and have also met some of her maternal relatives as well (from Nagano, but moved to Tokyo). I'm digressing here, though.
I, too, would be interested in finding my relatives in Okinawa -- but figure it'll be quite difficult. I do know that my dad's paternal side is from Urawa-shi and my dad's maternal side is from Naha.
Other information about me? I am currently living in Seattle, WA, but grew up in Orange County, CA. If anyone is interested in getting in touch with me, feel free to email me...perhaps, we could try figuring out more about our "Yamashiro" family trees together(?)
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My grandfather, Kama Yamashiro, came to Hawaii in 1906 from Guishikawa, Okinawa. He and my uncle came to work in the pineapple and sugar cane fields. I'm sure we're not related, but I find it interesting that others are trying to find their roots. I received a copy of a document from the Japanese Consulate when I was in Hawaii in 1997; I presume it contained the information of my grandfather (and possibly other family members) when he arrived in Hawaii. It is written in Japanese and I don't read Japanese. Good luck in your search.
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My family name is Yamahiro. My aunt Helen married Masami Yamashiro. My grandfather was Sukeichero Yamahiro who married Matsuye Hada. My cousin had visited the family home in Hiroshima. Maybe we might be related.
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Hi! I am Yamashiro too. I am looking for ways to do the family tree. ANy ideas? Thanks
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Hi Elliot, I am Yamashiro too. I think there are plenty of Yamashiro's which makes it even more difficult for us to trace a family tree. My grandfather is Yamashiro and my grandma is Arashiro, both were born in Okinawa and moved to Argentina after WWI. I am actually living in California. Let me know if you have found something, Good Luck :) Mariana
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Hi
I just got back from Okinawa and found my relatives. After talking and meeting with them I discovered several things: 1) There are many Yamashiros, my relatives are from Komesu. 2) There are many of my Yamashiro relatives who married "distant cousins" or "cousins through marriage"...thus a Yamashiro married to a Yamashiro...many of these 3) According to the relatives I met, "any Yamashiro from Komesu are related - though may be distant." 4) My great grandparents are Kamata and Uto, which I also found out, there are MANY Kamata, Uto, Kama names 5) My great grandparents came to Hawaii. My grandfather was born on the Big Island. He has family in Itoman and Komesu in Okinawa and Brazil Would love to connect the family
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I am researching my cousins' family- Yoshi Maka Yamashiro b 1903 Okinawa married Zentaro (or Jentaro) Tabata b 1890 okinawa Yoshi immigrated to Honolulu Hawaii in 1921 Zentaro immigrated to Hawaii in 1908 approximate marriage date is 1925 Hawaii
children Herbert Keichi Tabata b 1926 d 1987 Richard Kichi Tabata b 1927 d 2007 Phillip Tabata b. 1929 Lawrence Jitsuo Tabata b 1931 Two sisters (names unknown) Girl Tabata b ?? Girl Tabata b ??
In the 1930 census- Yoshi's 3 siblings were living with the Tabata family
Fugiko Mary Yamashiro b 1915 masako yamashiro b 1913 Jenyae Yamashiro b 1917
any information on the TABATA/YAMASHIRO family would be appreciated thanks, Jeanette
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