Tsuchiya Family

Hajime (Atagi) Tsuchiya [1887 – 1957]

Tsugi Tsuchiya [1886 – 1956]

Hajime Tsuchiya was born on November 1, 1887, in Chiba-ken, Japan. He was a self-employed fish collector. Tsugi Tsuchiya (nee Asahina) was born on March 24 or 26, 1886, in Chiba-ken, Japan.

Hajime and Tsugi married in Japan in 1904 and came to Canada in 1905. They had six children: Mary (Masuko), Louise (Shige), Harry (Kaname), George (Kazuo), Irene (Toshiko), and Eleanor (Shizuko).

The family lived in Vancouver, BC, until they were forcibly uprooted to Revelstoke in 1942, where the family took up farming in the Big Eddy district. Mr. Tsuchiya was known for his beautiful gardens and often walked away with top prizes for his flowers and vegetables at the fall fairs.

Tsugi Tsuchiya (nee Asahina) passed away on April 28, 1956, in Revelstoke, at the age of 70. Hajime Tsuchiya passed away on August 19, 1957, in Revelstoke, at the age of 69.

George Kazuo Tsuchiya [1919 – 1999]

Miyoko Tsuchiya (nee Amano) [1923 – unknown]

George Kazuo Tsuchiya was born on May 18, 1919, in Vancouver, to Hajime and Tsugi (nee Asahina). He was a marine engineer employed by Hajime Tsuchiya. He was forcibly uprooted to Revelstoke in 1942, and then to R.R. No.1, Centralis, Ontario. He married Miyoko Amano and had three children: Geoffrey Mikio (born in Revelstoke in 1949, died in North Vancouver in 1968 by drowning), Wes, and Michael. 

George Tsuchiya passed on August 19, 1957, in Revelstoke, at the age of 69.

The Tsuchiya family has connections with the Amano, Higano, Isomura, Tabayashi, and Maruno families through marriage. These families were in Revelstoke during the internment years and family histories refer to the Tsuchiya family.