Sueko (Kunitomi) Embrey (1923 - 2006)

Born 6 Jan 1923 in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Garland Monroe Embrey — married 29 Nov 1950 (to 15 Aug 1980) in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 15 May 2006 at age 83 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Sueko (Kunitomi) Embrey is Notable.

Sueko (Kunitomi) Embrey was a part of the Inclusion of the history of the Japanese American incarceration in education Movement.

Japanese internee in WWII, teacher, activist, and long-time chair of the Manzanar Committee, which established the annual Manzanar pilgrimage and obtained National Historic Site status for the former concentration camp

Sueko was born in 1923. After the eviction of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, she was incarcerated at Manzanar. She later advocated for an inclusion of the history of Japanese American incarceration in grade school and college classrooms. She attended the first Manzanar pilgrimage and spoke publicly about her wartime experiences. She co-founded the Manzanar Committee and later became chair of the Committee, organizied the annual pilgrimage for thirty-six years, and led the campaign to have Manzanar dedicated as a California historic landmark in 1972 and as a National Historic Site in 1992. She worked with the National Park Service to develop the interpretive site.

She passed away in 2006.

Sources

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-VDKS : 9 December 2020), Julita Sueko Kunitomi, 6 Jan 1923; citing Birth, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC88-JBY : accessed 7 February 2021), Suyeko Kunitomi in household of Gonhichi Kunitomi, Los Angeles (Districts 0501-0750), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 735, sheet 10A, line 41, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 164; FHL microfilm 2,339,899.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HR-952 : 6 January 2021), Sueko Kunitomi in household of Komika Kunitomi, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1092, sheet 4A, line 25, family 73, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 380.
• "United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX2G-F64 : 12 December 2014), Sueko S Kunitomi, 1942-1946; citing Mansanar, person number 02614E, file 101061, NARA NAID 1263921, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K828-XBB : 8 December 2017), Garland Monre Embrey and Sue Sueko Kunitomi, 29 Nov 1950; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,117,903.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTMY-7F8 : 18 December 2019), Sue S Embrey, 2006.
• "Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BG2-PCMM : 17 May 2019), Sue Kunitomi Embrey, 2006.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKLY-F3YF : accessed 7 February 2021), Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Michigan, United States, 21 May 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Grand Rapids Press, The, born-digital text.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Sue Kunitomi Embrey
• Wikidata: Item Q17511421, en:Wikipedia