When Toshio Shimoda was born in 1904, in Hawaii, United States, his father, HANJIRO SHIMODA, was 24 and his mother, TAKI SONODA, was 19. He married Katsuyo Nakayama on 7 December 1928, in Wailuku, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Maui, Hawaii, United States in 1920 and Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States in 1930.
Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Emiko, Masaharu, Osamu, Hideto, Hiroshi, Isamu, Jiro, Kaname, Kazuaki, Kazuya, Keiko, Kenji.
Japanese: written 下田 ‘lower rice paddy’. It is found as a placename and surname throughout Japan.
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