- AAAB0061
- Item
- 1972-04-26 [date recorded]
Part of Reynoldston Research and Studies oral history collection
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Kuri Takenaka PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1972 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1972-04-26 SUMMARY: Kuri Takenaka was born in 1912 in Japan and married in 1930 at the age of 18. Came to Canada with her husband, Mr. Takenaka, a handyman who had lived in Canada since 1922. Mr. Takenaka's father was a fisherman. Kuri attended Mora School in Vancouver for a year to learn to be a hairdresser. They moved to Woodfibre where Kuri opened her own barbershop, and Mr. Takenaka worked in the sawmill as a handyman. Her barbershop was in business for 9 years before WWII started and they moved to Kaslo camp. After the war they moved to New Denver where Kuri has a barbershop.