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George Amura
George Amura owned the Makido Laundry on Second Avenue in Dawson and the family lived in quarters at the business.1) In April 1907, Mrs. Amura gave birth to the first Japanese boy born in Dawson.2) The baby only lived forty-nine days and is buried in the Dawson Hillside Cemetery.3) No grave marker has been located.4)
1)
Lowe’s Mortuary Records, Vol. 1: 131; Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 5, 5, June 1907.
2)
Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 13 July 1907.
3)
Lowe’s Mortuary Records, Vol. 1: 131; Dawson Daily News (Dawson), 5 June 1907.
4)
Ed and Star Jones, “Asians in Yukon.” Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unpublished manuscript, June 2010.
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