Tokarev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich

Name (Russian)

Tokarev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich

Name (English)

Tokareff, Nicholas

Page Number

009

Creator

Description (Russian)

Токаревы, братья. Старший - Николай Александрович (Tokareff, Nicholas), родился 27 июля 1882 г. в д. Малая Убрена Великореченской волости Яранского уезда Вятской губернии. Православный. Работал столяром на ст. Маньчжурия, н пивоваренном заводе. В 1910 г. на пароходе "Siberia" приехал на Гавайские о-ва. В августе 1913 г. уехал домой и в марте 1914 г. вернулся на Гавайи. Вместе с ним приехали жена - Анна Иванoвна (Anna)(1884 г. рождения и его братья-близнецы Фрол (Frol)(приказчик) и Лаврентий (Laurence)(слесарь), 1897 г. рождения. В Гонолулу родилось двое детей: Павлa (Paula)(2 г.) и Егор (Egor or George)(5 мес.). "Желание исполнить долг перед Родиной и поступить на военную службу". Т. отметил: "Nic. T. seems not very keen on going. His too younger brothers anxi to go as soon as possible, might not wait for 9 Okt. month". 2 марта 1918 г. Фрол и Лаврентий уехали в Сан-Франциско.
Источник: Интервью в гор. Гонолулу. Л. 9. 2 Фото.

Description

Tokarev brothers. Oldest - Nikolai Aleksandrovich was born July 27, 1882 in the village Malaia Ubrena Viatsk guberniia. He worked as a carpenter in the beer factory on the CER station Man'chzhruiia. In 1910 on the ship Siberia he came to Honolulu. In August 1913 he returned to Russia, and in March 1914 he returned to Hawaii. With him came his twin brothers Frol and Lavrentii, b. 1897, and Nikolai's wife Anna Ivanovna, b. 1884. In Honolulu two children were born--5 mos. and 2 yrs. old. Trautshold noted: "Nic. T. seems not very keen on going. His two younger brothers are anxious to go as soon as possible, might not wait for government money." Also T. wrote that Frol has taken out his first American papers and wants to go to San Francisco; Lawrence left for S. Francisco March 2d. A clipping from the paper says: Mr. and Mrs. Nicolai Tokareff of 144 North Beretania St. welcomed yesterday the arrival of a son, who has been named George.