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Note: Kalman was given the name Kadish, like his father, because he and his father were each born after their fathers died. Kadish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. Kalman emigrated from Russia to London some time after November 21, 1898 (the date on his internal Russian passport). He met his future bride, Etta, in London. She was from Romania; her family was in the fur trade. They married at the United Synagogue in London on November 1, 1903. Six months later they emigrated to Montreal, Canada, passing through Castle Garden (now Ellis Island) while Etta was pregnant. Their first child, Bennie, was born in Montreal. They later moved to Toronto where they lived at the same address as Kadish's older brother, Meyer, and his wife, Jane: 361 Church St. Their four daughters were born in Toronto. On December 29, 1910, Kalman Kosky, shoemaker, was naturalized as a British subject within Canada. In about 1917 the family moved back to Montreal for a few months, and then to the small city of Lachine, SW of Montreal. After about three years the Kosky family moved again to Montreal, where they stayed until 1923. Bennie was the first to leave Montreal, going to the Bronx, NY, where he stayed with the Fox family and got a job in the fur business. Kalman followed, sending money from his shoemaker business to Montreal so that his family could move south. This they finally did during the winter of 1923-24. They travelled by train, and Freda recalls that she was nauseous for the entire trip. Etta and her five youngest children, then aged 4-23, had to disembark at Rouses Point immigration station in New York State. Etta did not have the correct paperwork with her, and, as it was already late, they were allowed to spend the night there, sleeping in bunk beds usually reserved for drunks. The family lived in a "railroad apartment" in the Bronx, so called because the rooms were all in a line. A person might have to pass through several rooms to get to the room they wanted. Coincidentally, there was an El, or elevated train, right outside the apartment's windows. After three months of listening to the El day and night, the family moved out and went to Brooklyn. Kalman moved his family frequently within Brooklyn. Whenever he found a less expensive apartment or workspace, he would move his family. Kalman received his American citizenship on July 2, 1935, at the age of 52. The Certificate of Citizenship describes him as 5 feet 6 inches in height, of fair complexion, brown eyes, gray hair, and weighing 160 pounds. His address: 635 Banner Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. - From "My Autobiography," by Freda Kosky, 1928; Recollections of Freda Kosky 11/2004-12/2004. OCCUPATION: Shoemaker DEATH: At the time of his death, Kalman Kosky was living at 2750 Brighton 7th St. with his wife Ethel. The Certificate of Death lists diabetes as a contributing factor to his coronary thrombosis.
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