Kazue (Kezuye) Matsumoto (b. 1884)

Kazue Matsumoto was born in Japan.1) He and Hana [Hara] Taki applied for a marriage license in Dawson on 20 September 1911.2) Hara died at home in December 1911 of pneumonia at age twenty-seven. She is buried in the Dawson Hillside Public Cemetery.3) Kezuye was working as a cook in the Dawson area when he was drafted for service in the First World War in February 1918.4)

1)
WWI Reg. #2140294. Drafted February 11, 1918. Library and Archives Canada.
2)
Indexes to Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1898-1901. Yukon Archives, YRG 1 Series 1. Vol. 75 Microfilm.
3)
Lowe’s Mortuary Records, Vol.2: 171; Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 20 December 1911.
4)
WWI Reg. #2140294. Drafted 11 February 1918. Library and Archives Canada.