| biography | Masukichi Ebata and his wife, Tayo Ebata, lived in the Powell Street area of Vancouver, BC before World War II. There they gave birth to Chizuko Ebata, Akio Ebata, Kazue Kozaka (nee Ebata) and Shigeyoshi Ebata. The children went to Japan with their grandmother Tazu Ebata before the war started.
Masukichi Ebata was sent to work in the Yellowhead Highway Road Camp, Alberta and then on to Angler, Ontario. Tayo Ebata at that time was interned in Lemon Creek, BC and later Tashme, BC (where her sister, Yae Nakamoto, was also interned). Throughout the war, their children remained in Japan with their grandmother. Shigeyoshi returned to Canada in 1957, Chizuko in 1962 and Kazue in 1970. Akio remained and still lives in Japan. Chizuko passed away in 2005.
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