Kosuke Hatashita

Kosuke Hatashita was born Feb. 10, 1895 in Shimosato Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. He immigrated to the United States in 1914 . He married Kazuno Hatashita in 1922 prior to her immigration in 1923. She was born on April 20, 1901 in Shimosato Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

Kosuke and Kazuno had the following children while living in Los Angeles County: Shinobu (f) b. Nov. 29, 1923 d. Sept. 19, 2000 Yukimi (f) b. June 3, 1926 d. Apr. 14, 1994 Yoko (f) b. Nov. 29, 1934.  In 1925 Kosuke Hatashita took over the farm, Ranch 31, left by his older brother, Sarumatsu who returned to Japan. It was located on Palos Verdes Highway a short distance south from the Ryoichi Hatashita farm. Although they had the same surname, they were apparently not related.

In 1942, the family moved with many other Japanese families to Strathmore, CA. However, in July 1942 the family, except Shinobu, was sent to Poston.  Shinobu had been sent to Japan to attend a school for the deaf. She spent the war years with relatives in Wakayama.

Upon their release from Poston in 1945, the family returned to Los Angeles County. Kosuke died Dec. 25, 1980 in Gardena, CA. Kazuno died Feb. 14, 1980 in Gardena, Los Angeles County. Shinobu died Sept 19, 2000 in Gardena; she never married.

Yukimi and Yoko married after they left Poston. Yukimi lived in Northern California and later died in Los Angeles. Yukimi, or Nellie as she was known, was a 1941 graduate of Malaga Cove School. Yoko married Tetsuo Shono and lives in Gardena, California. Kosuke Hatashita is identified as Number 110 in the 40 Families photograph. His wife Kazuno might have skipped the event since she was in the late stages of pregnancy with her first child, Shinobu. She gave birth 5 days after the photograph was taken.