Category Archives: Asia
Kimiko Suzuki’s story of Miyoko
November 26th, 2011
My mom Miyoko was born in Kishiwada city in Osaka, Japan on April 28th of 1934. Her mother’s name was Mitsuko, 28 years old and her father’s name was Jitaro, 44 years old. They had a 7 year old daughter, Emiko and a 3 year old son, Akira. Her father was an internist at Momoyama Hospital in Osaka and her mother was staying home to take care of their three children. Read the rest of this entry »
Jhaleh K. Zaraweh’s story of Beaulah
May 22nd, 2011
My Mother was born to a Christian family on May 25, 1912 in Rangoon, Burma and was fifth in a family of six boys and six girls. Her name was Beaulah, Muriel, Edna, May Andrews. Her Mother was from South India and dark and her Father was from England and white with red hair. Even though he was the only child he was ostracized by his family for marrying an Indian whereupon he changed his last name, we think from Bean to Andrews which was his Mother’s maiden name. We never knew anything about my grandfather’s family, except that his father was supposed to have been an Admiral in the Navy. Her Dad worked as a rice mill Engineer and they lived in a house built over a graveyard. As we were growing up we heard many a ghost story from my Mum about that old graveyard! Read the rest of this entry »
Khaira Ledeyo’s story of Nhan
March 29th, 2006
My mom’s name is Nhan Thi Nguyen. She was born in North Vietnam in 1931. She grew up in a small village a few hours from Hanoi called Ha Dong. Her father’s last name was Nguyen and her mother’s was Dang. Read the rest of this entry »