Jin came to Canada from Japan about 1908, after hearing
that there was work and good money to be made working
for the C.P.R. His wife, Kame, arrived in 1917. The family
came to the McLean School district in the late 1920's and
rented forty acres where they grew potatoes and vegetables.
After four years renting in the McLean district, they moved
to a farm in the White School district. In 1932 the mother
became ill and died at 32 years of age. Jin stayed on the farm
another year or two and then went to work at #6 Coal Mine
in Hardieville.

Jin and Kame had seven children, Noboru, Cana, Shigeru,
Minoru, Masaru, Akiiru, and Naeko. Noboru (Nobi), Shigiru
(Shig), Cana, and Minoru attended White School. Masaru,
Akiru, and Naeko returned to Japan with their father in 1936.
Jin returned to Lethbridge for four or five years in the 1940's,
but finally made his home in Japan.

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