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Description
Satoru Tsuneishi (1888-1987) and his bride, Sho Murakami (1891-1952), will have a large family including Hughes, Florence, Frances, Arthur, Warren, Paul Noel, James, Rosie, and Henry. Henry died in his infancy and is buried at Live Oak Cemetery. Satoru is the first Asian to graduate from Monrovia High in 1914. Most of his children graduated from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (MAD) High School and PJC. Florence graduated from UCLA in 1939 and Warren was enrolled at Berkeley. Tsuneishis were farming strawberries and running a fruit stand on Route 66 in Monrovia before World War II. Satoru wrote, "Selling my strawberry crop at $700, and on the 15th of May, I went to Pomona Assembly with my wife and seven of my children; the eldest boy had already been in the army." After internment at Heart Mountain, the family dispersed. Having lost their farm land, Satoru and Sho lived on Almond Avenue - next to the Louis and Lucinda Garcia compound - before moving to East LA.
Type
image
Identifier
5415FC26-7222-49CF-BC52-460253106772 Sl 19
Subject
People Japanese American Satoru Tsuneishi; Sho Murakami Tsuneishi Tsuneishi Family
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