Hisha (Mary Antonia) Yoshioka (1896 – 1917)

Hisha Yosioka was born in Tokyo, Japan.1) Hisha’s husband, Roy Yoshioka, was found guilty of her murder in 1917 and he apparently murdered Percy Woods at the same time.2) Hisha is buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dawson. No grave marker has been located.3)

1) , 3)
Lowe’s Mortuary Records; St. Mary’s Sacramental Record; Ed and Star Jones, “Asians in Yukon.” Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unpublished manuscript, June 2010.
2)
William Barr, Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stallworthy, RCMP. University of Alberta, 2004: 17-18.