Iseri, Kisa (1888-1992)

Title

Iseri, Kisa (1888-1992)

Iseri, Kisa Okuna (1888-1992)

Contributor

Raisch, Elly

birthday

1888

Birthplace

Japan

Death Date

1992

Occupation

Farmer

Biographical Text

Kisa Iseri was one of nine Japanese individuals to receive cash reparations for internment in 1990 at age 102. Not much is known about her life, though she lived between Washington and Oregon after arriving in the United States in 1908, where she worked as a farm laborer. She had a husband, Matahichi and three sons, Carl, William, and Oscar. Iseri is memorialized at the White River Valley Museum in Washington in their 2003 White River Memories collection.

Bibliography

"First 9 Japanese WWII Internees Get Reparations," Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1990.

"Kisa Iseri," 1910 United States Federal Census.

"Kisa Iseri," 1950 United States Federal Census.

"Kisa Iseri," Find a Grave.

"Kisa Iseri," Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946.

White River Valley Museum