John Takehisa Matsudaira (1922 - 2007)

Born 26 Nov 1922 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian Aiko (Inouye) Matsudaira — married 8 Sep 1951 (to 30 Jan 2007) in King, Washington, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 2007 at age 84 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

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Biography

John Matsudaira is Notable.

John Matsudaira served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 442nd Infantry Regiment
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Takehisa Matsudaira was born in Seattle, Washington on November 26, 1922, one of the fourteen children of Thomas Tokuhisa Matsudaira and Theresa Hotoru Umeda. Around 1928, he, along with his mother and his younger brother Yoshihisa (Michael), was sent to live with his Matsudaira relatives, which included his paternal grandfather, Kumakichi, in Kanazawa, Japan; his Japanese name was Matsudaira Takehisa (松平 武久). Upon returning to Seattle with his younger brother on the Hiye Maru on November 24, 1935, having left Yokohama on November 12, he attended Maryknoll School and then O'Dea High School in Seattle.

Sometime after 1935, he adopted the name "John" before the 1940 United States Census, as he was living with his parents and siblings in Seattle under that name during that time. Following the entry of the United States into World War II, John, along with the rest of his Japanese American family, was forcibly removed to Puyallup Assembly Center and then incarcerated at Minidoka War Relocation Center near Hunt, Idaho. While imprisoned, he volunteered to serve in the 442nd Infantry Regiment on June 12, 1943, and was wounded in action in Italy in 1944, recovering after two and a half years.

Upon returning to Seattle in 1947, John went to the Burnley Art School, working in Social Realism. For several years, he gained some notice by the people of Seattle by entering his pieces in exhibitions. He is sometimes considered as a member of the Northwest School of artists.

John married Lillian Inouye on September 8, 1951. They had four surviving children, three sons and a daughter. From the 1950s to the 1980s, John worked as a draftsman at Boeing. This was shown in 1955 when he resided in Seattle between the birth of his middle son and his younger son.

John died in Seattle at the age of 84 on January 20, 2007. His funeral mass was celebrated at St. Paul's Catholic Church, and his body was interred at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery on February 3.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93H-D4H : accessed 8 May 2018), John Matsudaira in household of Tom Matsudaira, Tract K-5, Seattle, Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-186, sheet 10A, line 20, family 223, 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 4379.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4K-MXP4 : accessed 8 May 2018), John T Matsudaira, Washington, United States, 02 Feb 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Seattle Post-Intelligencer, born-digital text.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5KQ-B6J : 20 May 2014), John T Matsudaira, 30 Jan 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M4S-NV2 : 23 May 2014), John T Matsudaira, Residence, Renton, Washington, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85Z-MRQ : 5 December 2014), John T Matsudaira, enlisted 12 Jun 1943, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX2F-HZ7 : 12 December 2014), John T Matsudaira, 1942-1946; citing Minidoku (Gooding), person number 12099C, file 506421, NARA NAID 1263921, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWM-6BKP : 13 July 2017), John T Matsudaira, 30 Jan 2007, King, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.
• "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZD-GP7 : 12 March 2018), Takehisa Matsutaira, 1935; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,196.
• "John T. Matsudaira." Legacy.com. Accessed 22 Sep 2020.

See also:

• Wikipedia: John Matsudaira
• Wikidata: Item Q26777278, en:Wikipedia
• Find A Grave: Memorial #71968095