One of the four sons of Moritz and Helen, Bernard apparently – judging from the travel document below – went to Belgium some time between April 22 and May 22, 1920. Moritz, Sol, Abram (Adolph) and Helen sailed to Canada from Antwerp, Belgium, on August 24, 1920, but Bernard was not with them. They were on the ship Grampian. Sol‘s memoir mentions this emigration and shows the name of the ship at the end. Sol also mentions that Ted travelled to Canada towards the end of 1919. He also says, “So we stayed in Warsaw and the two oldest brothers went to the university over there — actually, it was like a high school — and they lived with an uncle and aunt.” “Over there” apparently means in Canada. Bernard and Ted were the two oldest; they would have been more able than the younger children to travel on their own.
Below is Bernard’s travel document, sent to Ari Kolbar by Aviva Breen, Bernard’s daughter, and translated from the Polish by Ari as follows:
Elders of Ostrów
No. I 1300/1
This passport is valid
for one time crossing
border through Germany, Denmark, Belgium, till date
22 May 1920
Ostrów 22 April 1920
Elder : signature

- Death - Y
PARENT (M) Moses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin | |||
Birth | 1869 | Lithuania | |
Death | 1927 | Chicago | |
Marriage | to Helen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland | ||
Father | Tobiasz Tuvya Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Mother | Elka Razajczyk | ||
PARENT (F) Helen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland | |||
Birth | 1874 | Lithuania/Poland | |
Death | 1953 | ||
Marriage | to Moses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Father | Cheskel Frydland | ||
Mother | Miriam Batszeva Kocyn | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Shlomo Solomon Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | 1906 | פולין | |
Death | 1994 | ||
Marriage | to Chana Ann Kotzin (Née Brickman) | ||
M | Adek Abraham Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Leah Lewartowicz | ||
M | Bernard Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Kocyn Kotzin | ||
M | Theodore Todros Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | |||
Death |
PARENT (M) Bernard Kocyn Kotzin | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Father | Moses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Mother | Helen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland | ||
PARENT (F) Kocyn Kotzin | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Bernard Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Aviva Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
F | Deena Kocyn Kotzin | ||
Birth | |||
Death |