George Amura

George Amura owned the Makido Laundry on Second Avenue in Dawson and the family lived in quarters at the business.((Lowe’s Mortuary Records, Vol. 1: 131; //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 5, 5, June 1907.)) In April 1907, Mrs. Amura gave birth to the first Japanese boy born in Dawson.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 13 July 1907.)) The baby only lived forty-nine days and is buried in the Dawson Hillside Cemetery.((Lowe’s Mortuary Records, Vol. 1: 131; //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 5 June 1907.)) No grave marker has been located.((Ed and Star Jones, “Asians in Yukon.” Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unpublished manuscript, June 2010.))