FUJIMORI

All families are as branches of a tree. We grow in different directions, but our roots remain the same.  

The earliest generation that I knew in real life was Juichi, who married Hae and had Auntie Rosie Shinko, Auntie Bessie Kiyome, Uncle Masami, Uncle John Katsumi, Uncle Ken, and Mommy Jean Takako. Auntie Rosie's daughter Sumi married my dad's brother Bob Minoru Yamaoka. Auntie Rosie's younger daughter Asty married George Oye                                   - Julia Yamaoka Thorn 

See Cousin Cathy's comprehensive timeline.                                           

Ship from Japan

Mommy Jean, Christina, Auntie Caroline Fujimori, Auntie Rosie Iguichi, Grandma Hae, Uncle Ken Fujimori, Grandpa Jiichan Juichi, Daddy Don Yamaoka, and bratty me, Julia Yamaoka Thorn.

In front of Uncle John's Dr's Office

Juichi Fuijimori, Uncle Bob Yamaoka, Christina Yamaoka Kusaba, Mommy Jean Takako Yamaoka, Daddy Don Hiroshi Yamaoka, me Julia, Melody Fujimori Smith, Auntie Sue Yasuko Fujimori

In front of Don's 99 Liquor Store

Click for Christina's Comprehensive Timeline        she compiled in 2018

Rose Shinko was 20 and Bessie or Besso or Bessel Kiyome was 19 years old when Jean Takako was born. 

Historian Catherine Keiko Fujimori reports, "The only thing I heard about Mountain King from Auntie Rose was that she and Kiyome had to take care of  Masami, my dad John Katsumi, and Kenzo while their parents worked.  The girls carried buckets of water from the Merced River."  

NB - Without any plumbing, river water was used for everything.

Siblings, Stockton Buddhist Church across the street from Jiichan's house

Siblings Ken, John, Jean, and Rose

Siblings with Auntie Sue, Max, and Auntie Caroline

Bessie Kiyome, George Juichi, Rose Shinko, Masami