Japan: Church and Vital Records of the Family of Joseph James Gayette

[MartinGoyette23]

Hello everyone,

Could someone help me find some church and vital records of the family of Joseph James Gayette please? Joseph James Gayette is a WWII veteran from the US Merchant Marines who married Miyo Higa, a Japanese lady born in Peru, in Okinawa.

I am looking for:

- the marriage record of Joseph James Gayette, son of Joseph Goyette and Mary Chartrand, and Miyo Higa, daughter of Eiaso Higa and Chiyo Yoga, married between 1946 and 1948 in Okinawa. I am unsure of the date, I have found two dates which are January 17th 1946 and January 18th 1948.

- the birth record of Andrew Joseph Gayette, their son, born on March 21st 1954 in Okinawa.

For the church records, it would either be in a catholic or a protestant church if there are any.

Best regards,

Martin

[CaroleW]

Unless you know the children are deceased you need to remove their names from your post.  Rootschat has a strict no living persons policy to protect peoples privacy

[MartinGoyette23]

Unless you know the children are deceased you need to remove their names from your post.  Rootschat has a strict no living persons policy to protect peoples privacy

Hi CaroleW,

Andrew Joseph Gayette died in 1996. I removed their daughter's name, but she is the one who asked me if I could try to find her birth record. She tried to find it in the past, but wasn't able to. She told me that, since she wasn't born on a US military base, the US don't have the record.

[aghadowey]

I removed their daughter's name, but she is the one who asked me if I could try to find her birth record. She tried to find it in the past, but wasn't able to. She told me that, since she wasn't born on a US military base, the US don't have the record.

This may not be true. IF her parents registered her birth at the U.S. Consulate or Embassy in Japan, or did so later in the U.S., then there would be a record. The registration may not have been done just after she was born- my three children were in primary school when there births were registered. I can't remember exactly what documentation I needed but I do know I had to bring their U.K. birth certificates, my marriage certificate and birth certificate as well as my U.S. Passport (at that time children could be put on a parent's passport) as well as their father's passport (which they were on), his birth certificate. Also, both parents had to appear at the consulate when we submitted the application.

[Kloumann]

Don't know if you have already seen this obituary

https://www.evansonjensenfuneralhome.com/obituary/872701

[MartinGoyette23]

This may not be true. IF her parents registered her birth at the U.S. Consulate or Embassy in Japan, or did so later in the U.S., then there would be a record. The registration may not have been done just after she was born- my three children were in primary school when there births were registered. I can't remember exactly what documentation I needed but I do know I had to bring their U.K. birth certificates, my marriage certificate and birth certificate as well as my U.S. Passport (at that time children could be put on a parent's passport) as well as their father's passport (which they were on), his birth certificate. Also, both parents had to appear at the consulate when we submitted the application.

Hi aghadowey,

Thank you for the information, I will ask her if she tried with the embassy and the consulate. I only know that the children were baptised in South Dakota, but I don't know if Joseph and Miyo were married in a church in Okinawa.

Best regards,

Martin

[MartinGoyette23]

Don't know if you have already seen this obituary

https://www.evansonjensenfuneralhome.com/obituary/872701

Hi Kloumann,

No I didn't. Thank you for the obituary.

Best regards,

Martin