Group photo in front of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church
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Title: Group photo in front of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Date: circa 1930s
Location: Vancouver, BC
Seated in the second row, fourth from the left (not including the baby) is Fred Yoshio Shima. Can you fill in the blanks? If you know the names of people depicted in this photograph or have information about an activity, event, or place that is pictured, we would love to hear from you in the comments below.
Photos courtesy of Yobun Shima, son of Fred Yoshio Shima who was born in Vancouver in 1914 as a Nisei. Yobun Shima was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan until working for a shipping company in Tokyo. His family members were living in Vancouver from around 1907 until the 1930's when they returned to Japan one by one except for one of his uncles who remained in Canada. When Yobun retired from his work, he started to research the Vancouver Asahi baseball team after discovering that his uncle Shoichi was one of the original players of the team. The team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Yobun continues to track down unclaimed medalists of the team in cooperation with the BC Sports Hall of Fame, families of Asahi players, and other interested parties. Please contact Lisa Uyeda, Collections Manager at luyeda@nikkeiplace.org to connect with Yobun Shima.
The Holy Trinity Mission was located at 1701 W. 3rd Avenue in Vancouver, B.C. In the second row, middle section, I believe is Rev. Frank Cassillis-Kennedy and his wife, Lucy. He was Superintendant of churches that serviced the Japanese and Chinese.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather, Chiyokichi Ariga (aka James Chiyokichi Ariga, and J.C. Ariga) is standing in the third row, third from the left and holding my mother, Ruth. My grandmother, Nobue Ariga (aka Elizabeth Nobue Ariga) is in the third row, on the far right, wearing the white hat. Chiyokichi Ariga was a Layreader in Charge of the Holy Trinity Mission for a few years but resigned in Sept. 1929. This photo was probably taken sometime in 1931-1932.
Chiyokichi Ariga and Shinichi Kimura wrote a book about Rev. Cassillis-Kennedy in Japanese ("The Rev. Frank Cassillis-Kennedy: Elder to the Japanese Canadians" ) in 1930 and it was translated into English by the Japanese Canadian Christian Churches' Historical Project in 1998.