I am looking for relatives on my mother's side in Japan. She recently passed away and I have very little information to go on. She rarely let slip any information, but I think her parents were Eitaro and Asano Yokota. Her name was Yoko and she was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. In 1932 a ship's passenger list showed her returning from Japan with her mother, her brother Sennosuke, and her sister Sanaye. The family went back to Japan at some point after 1937, but she returned alone to the US in 1949. To my knowledge, the rest of her family all remained in Japan.
I believe I found a death index for her father, indicating he died in 1994 at the age of 99 (born 1895). His last residence was listed as Osaka-Kobe.
A woman who said she was my mother's niece came to her home in San Diego, California 20+ years ago and one of the things she told her was that her father lived to be 99. That woman would have been my cousin, but my mother would not give me her name.
I think my mother once told me that she lived in or near Nara during the time she lived in Japan.
That is all that I have been able to discover so far. I would be grateful for any information that would help further my search.
I believe I found a death index for her father, indicating he died in 1994 at the age of 99 (born 1895). His last residence was listed as Osaka-Kobe.
A woman who said she was my mother's niece came to her home in San Diego, California 20+ years ago and one of the things she told her was that her father lived to be 99. That woman would have been my cousin, but my mother would not give me her name.
I think my mother once told me that she lived in or near Nara during the time she lived in Japan.
That is all that I have been able to discover so far. I would be grateful for any information that would help further my search.