Family 1 : Stephan KOTKINS
Family 2 : Nancy ?
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[2]
[3]Father: Fivel KOTKES
Mother: Hanna GENSS
Family 1 : Nellie KULMAN
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_Fivel KOTKES _|
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|--Samuel KOTKINS
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| _Juhuda-Leim GENSS _
|_Hanna GENSS __|
|_Zerna SIMELISKER __
[2] BIO:Sam Kotkins was born in either Lithuania or Latvia. Like
many Jews
of the time in the early 1900's he fled to America to avoid the
army. His arrival in the US was believed to be in Philadelphia. He
traveled with his uncle Genss. He arrived on his 13th birthday having
had his Bar Mitzvah aboard the ship. The Genss family lived in
Seattle which is how the family became Seattlites. After just a
few years of education he dropped out of school to earn a living.
He married Nellie Kulman and had two sons, Walter and Herbert (Buddy).
Except for a brief period during the depression, he worked for his
brother, Abe Kotkins at the Seattle Suitcase, Truck and Baggage Co
(now Skyway Luggage), until he retired about a year before his death.
The Seattle Directory of 1911 listed Samuel Kotkins as a "helper",
probably to Abe Kotkins who was then listed as a "pawnbroker". The
residence of both was listed as 115 18th Avenue, Seattle.
The 1920 census released in March of 1992 disagreed with the date
in which Sam Kotkins arrived in US. The census reported arrival in
1908 which meant he was 8, not 13. In 1920 he lived with his brother
Abe Kotkins at 725 28th Avenue. (See Abe Kotkins). He received
his citizenship in 1919 after serving in the army during WW I.
During WWI Sam served in the Army and fought in France where he re-
ceived a head injury from shrapnel.
His Jewish date of birth is 19 Taivis 1897 and was the 5th child in
the family.
[3] 1920 Census Vol 19, Sheet 7, ED 258 Line 62 Tray 285 Archives
Father: Isaac NOVOGRADSKY
Mother: Tobafrimit EIDLITZ
Family 1 : Joseph STEINMAN
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_Isaac NOVOGRADSKY __|
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|--Rose NOVOGRADSKY
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|_Tobafrimit EIDLITZ _|
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