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FN: See he came to America when he was thirteen. He had his younger brother, he brought, he and his brother. The mother, mother Noji, see, see Dad must have come. My husband came when he was thirteen so it was 1913. And so the family were over here so he, he came. He, uh, let's see, the mother and father and older brother were here and then they brought, had Mitsui and his brother come. And they were thirteen and eight.

DG: And what did they do when they came?

FN: Well after a few years they started a green, greenhouse up in Queen Anne Ave - up in Queen Anne area, I don't know what.

DG: This is your husband's father now we're talking about.

FN: Yeah, husband's father, yeah. And.

DG: Did he know how to do this from Japan?

FN: That's what I know, don't know how these Japanese were able to do a lot of things that they'd never really learned, but they. I don't know where, where they got it. Whether it was something that was easier for, easy for them to learn.

DG: Okay, now let's, let's set the scene again. Your husband's parents brought your husband when he was thirteen and his brother was eight.

FN: Yes.

DG: Okay, and they came.

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