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.

Sources

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