Masano Takehara

Brief Life History of Masano

When Masano Takehara was born on 12 March 1892, in Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan, her father, 竹原 源四郎, was 31 and her mother, 入江 千代, was 25. She married Otoemon Akagi on 11 March 1913, in Okayama-ken, Japan. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States for about 15 years and Lindsay Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States in 1940. She died on 15 April 1996, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 104, and was buried in Draper City Cemetery, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otoemon Akagi
1889–1967
Masano Takehara
1892–1996
Marriage: 11 March 1913
Tamotsu Akagi
1915–1990
Utaka Akagi
1915–2006
Isamu Akagi
1916–1916
Fusako Akagi
1917–2016
Harry Haruo Akagi
1921–2010
Nelson Takeo Akagi
1923–2020
Julia May Akagi
1925–2014

Sources (22)

  • Masano Okagi, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Masano Takehara Akagi, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Masano Akagi, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1895

China cedes Taiwan to Japan and permits Japan to trade in China.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

‘Elegant man’; ‘correct man’.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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Masano Takehara

My great-grandma Masano lived to be 104 years old. She died the year before I was born, but I have seen pictures of her celebrating her 100th birthday. My grandma Akagi took her in and lovingly cared …

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