Katayama, Mekada and Okamoto Families
I am looking for ancestors and descendents of Hisayasu Katayama, b. 1574, died 3/7/1650.Hisayasu is my 9th Great-grandfather on my Grandmother's side.
1) Hisayasu, b. 1574; d. 3/7/1650
2) Hisanari, b. c1666, d. 9/1/1696
3) Hisayuki, b. c1685, d.12/16/1759
4) Honzoh (Munjin)b, c1746 (Adopted by Hisayuki - Biological father was Hisanari)d. 4/20/1798
5) Hisatoyo, b. c1789, d. 11/13/1846
6) Chitose (Daughter) d. 9/5/1862:She married Honzoh Yamagata who was adopted into the Katayama family as Hisatoshi, b. 1827, d. 9/11/1890
7) Busuke Katayama, adopted from the Yamagata Family by Chitose and Hisatoshi, his original name was Hisanao, b. c1868, d. 9/2/1944
8) Yoneko Katayama, b. c1903, d. 2000, married Henry Seiji Okamoto in Seattle, King County, Washington, USA.
Busuke Katayama married Tami Mekada b. 1872, d. 8/6/1945, Hiroshima, Japan.
I am also looking for ancestors of Tami Mekada, b. c1872 in Japan, daughter of Shun and Iku Mekada.
Finally, I am trying to figure out how to research an Okamoto Merchant family when we don't really know much about his family except that they were in Japan.
Can anyone help me?
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Re: Katayama, Mekada and Okamoto Families
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Re: Katayama, Mekada and Okamoto Families
DIANA CURY 12/14/02