Headstone Oshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Headstone Inscription: (Translated from Japanese)
Kichigorou Nogawa Tononyu Village, Oshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture Died May 9, 1905
Kichigorou Nogawa Tononyu Village, Oshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture Died May 9, 1905
Biography
We know very little about Kichigorou Nogawa at this time. He was born in the Tononyu Village, Oshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in February of 1876.
Being single and an adventurer, Kichi boarded the S. S. Pelican on April 14, 1897 at Kobe, Japan, and arrived in Tacoma, Washington on May 7, 1897. He was 21 years and 3 months old.
It was the first time Kichi had been in the United States and he came alone not knowing any friends or family there.
His occupation in Japan had been as a farmer and he planned to do the same in Portland, Oregon hoping to purchase land.
Sometime between 1897 and 1905, Kichi came to Contra Costa County, California.
Being single and an adventurer, Kichi boarded the S. S. Pelican on April 14, 1897 at Kobe, Japan, and arrived in Tacoma, Washington on May 7, 1897. He was 21 years and 3 months old.
It was the first time Kichi had been in the United States and he came alone not knowing any friends or family there.
His occupation in Japan had been as a farmer and he planned to do the same in Portland, Oregon hoping to purchase land.
Sometime between 1897 and 1905, Kichi came to Contra Costa County, California.