Primary Name: Kitakojima Yoshitaro

Filed as: Yoshitaro, Kitakojima

Also known as: Yoshitaro Kitakojima

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation / Association: Treadwell boarding house worker

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Treadwell; Douglas Asian Cemetery

Born: 1871, Japan

Died: August 2, 1900 – Douglas, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Asian Cemetery

Keywords: Japanese immigrant; Treadwell; Douglas cemetery; Alaska mining history

Biography

Kitakojima Yoshitaro was born in 1871 in Japan. He arrived in Douglas, Alaska, around 1898 and was employed at the Treadwell boarding house.  Yoshitaro died on August 2, 1900, at the age of 28 in St. Ann’s Hospital in Douglas. He left behind a father, mother, wife, and child in Japan, as well as a brother living on Douglas Island.  He was buried in the Douglas Asian Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by Reverend H. Hammond Cole, and thirty-four of his countrymen attended the burial.

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• Find-A-Grave Memorial
• Douglas Asian Cemetery burial records

Primary Name: Jelich, Anna G.

Filed as: anna_g_jelich

Also known as: Anna Jelich

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Born: September 11, 1906, Juneau, Alaska

Died: January 24, 1910

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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Anna G. Jelich, Anna Jelich, Jelich Anna G., Douglas Asian Cemetery, Juneau Alaska residents

Biography

Anna G. Jelich was born on September 11, 1906, in Juneau, Alaska. She died on January 24, 1910, at the age of three and was buried in the Douglas Asian Cemetery.

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Find-A-Grave memorial for Anna G. Jelich

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Tags: Anna G. Jelich, Anna Jelich, Jelich family, Douglas Asian Cemetery, Juneau Alaska residents

Primary Name: Hayakawa, Chōtarō

Filed as: hayakawa_chotaro

Also known as: Chotaro Hayakawa; Chōtarō 早川 長太郎

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Associated places: Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Chōtarō Hayakawa, Chotaro Hayakawa, Hayakawa Chotaro, 長太郎 早川, Douglas Asian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska Japanese community

Biography

Chōtarō Hayakawa (長太郎 早川) is buried in the Douglas Asian Cemetery in Douglas, Alaska.

Sources

Find-A-Grave memorial for Chōtarō Hayakawa

Chotaro Hayakawa Chōtarō Hayakawa Hayakawa Chotaro 長太郎 早川

Tags: Chōtarō Hayakawa, Chotaro Hayakawa, Hayakawa Chotaro, 長太郎 早川, Douglas Asian Cemetery, Douglas Alaska Japanese community

Tokuichi Yamane 德一 山根 was born in 1873 in Japan.

He died on March 13, 1907 at around age 33, in Douglas at the Mexican Mine Boarding house. He may have been the Japanese steward killed in a shooting there.

His funeral was held at the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church with Reverend J.A. Levin officiating. He was interred in the Douglas Asian Cemetery.

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Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska

Primary Name: John Yamanoi

Filed as: Yamanoi, John

Also known as: John Yamanoi

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation / Association: Treadwell Mine worker

Associated places: Douglas, Alaska; Treadwell Mine; Douglas Asian Cemetery

Died: 1907 – Douglas, Alaska

Burial: Douglas Asian Cemetery

Keywords: Japanese immigrant; Treadwell Mine; Douglas cemetery; Alaska mining history

Biography

In 1907, unrest was reported at the Treadwell Mine because of rumors that if a man died and had no relatives, his body would end up in the mill tailings piles.

That same year, John Yamanoi, a Japanese mine worker associated with the Treadwell operations, was murdered.

A week later, the “Treadwell Funeral Riots” began. Workers demanded special coffins and funerals complete with the Treadwell Band, marked graves, and notification of deaths to relatives. In 1913, the Treadwell Company agreed to pay funeral expenses not to exceed $125 per interment.

Sources

• Survey and Inventory of Douglas Historic Cemeteries
• Douglas Asian Cemetery burial records