When Tokuyoshi Awamura was born on 1 May 1898, in Hiroshima-ken, Japan, his father, Fusakichi Awamura, was 33 and his mother, Machi Tabuchi, was 30. He married Mitsu Sugiyama on 28 November 1920, in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1949 and lived in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, United States in 1920 and Representative District 5, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940. He died on 26 December 1984, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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