When Teruo Kondo was born on 13 November 1943, in Sandon, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, his father, Tohachiro Tokie Kondo, was 34 and his mother, Ayako Alice Karatsu, was 28. He died on 8 May 1944, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada.
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1909–1980 Male
1915–1999 Female
1943–1944 Male
Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Kenji, Hiroshi, Koji, Yoko, Hiroki, Makoto, Takashi, Akihiro, Michi, Akihiko, Ayako, Kazuhiro.
Japanese (Kondō): variously written, the most usual form being 近藤 ‘nearby wisteria’, and actually designating ‘ Fujiwara of Ōmi’. Kon (‘near’) is the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of chika, as in Chika-tsu-awa-umi (‘Nearer Lake’, now Shiga prefecture). The surname is mainly found in the Tokyo area.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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