Brief Life History of Minokichi
When Minokichi Endo was born on 18 November 1881, in Miho, Shimizu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, his father, Chozaburo Endo, was 25 and his mother, Kin Miyagishima, was 23. He married 遠藤 くま on 14 July 1898, in Shizuoka-ken, Japan. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and lived in Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 25 May 1963, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81.
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Sources (3)
- Minokichi Endo, "United States Census, 1920"
- Minokichi Endo in entry for Chomatsu Endo, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
- Minokichi Endo, "California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Big One
On Nov 7 1882, Denver was hit with a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. It was the largest earthquake to hit in the history of Colorado.
1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan and permits Japan to trade in China.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Akira, Koichi, Minoru, Yoshio, Akiko, Hideo, Hiroyuki, Junko, Keiko, Masahiro, Takashi, Tsuguo.
Japanese (Endō): written 遠藤 ‘far wisteria’, designating Fujiwara of Tōtōmi. En ‘far’ is a Sino-Japanese pronunciation of the tō element in the placename Tō-tsu-umi ‘farther lake’ (now part of Shizuoka prefecture), which refers to Lake Hamana and was shortened by usage to Tōtōmi. The name is found mainly in eastern Japan, where it is borne by several families descended from the Taira and southern Fujiwara clans, although it is also found in the Ryūkyū Islands. It is also spelled Endoh and Endow in America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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