Bernard Kotzin

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

Bernard Kocyn Kotzin
b:
d:
Facts
  • Death - Y
Ancestors
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Moses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin
Birth1869Lithuania
Death1927 Chicago
Marriageto Helen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland
FatherTobiasz Tuvya Kocyn Kotzin
MotherElka Razajczyk
PARENT (F) Helen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland
Birth1874Lithuania/Poland
Death1953
Marriageto Moses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin
FatherCheskel Frydland
MotherMiriam Batszeva Kocyn
CHILDREN
MShlomo Solomon Kocyn Kotzin
Birth1906פולין
Death1994
Marriageto Chana Ann Kotzin (Née Brickman)
MAdek Abraham Kocyn Kotzin
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Death
Marriageto Leah Lewartowicz
MBernard Kocyn Kotzin
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Death
Marriageto Kocyn Kotzin
MTheodore Todros Kocyn Kotzin
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Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Bernard Kocyn Kotzin
Birth
Death
Marriageto Kocyn Kotzin
FatherMoses (Moshe, Moritz) Kocyn Kotzin
MotherHelen (Chaya Feigel) Friedland
PARENT (F) Kocyn Kotzin
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Death
Marriageto Bernard Kocyn Kotzin
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FAviva Kocyn Kotzin
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Death
FDeena Kocyn Kotzin
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Descendancy Chart
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