The Hershel Branch
| Who | When they left and arrived | Why | Where? What was their journey? Ship and arrival port? |
| Louis Coodin Herschel and Elka Kudinsky’s eldest son Leib was the first Kudinsky to arrive in Winnipeg. Leib became “Louis” on his journey and, in shortening his surname, became the first Coodin. | Louis was serving in the Russian Imperial Army in Poland in 1908 when he deserted with his father’s help. He arrived in Canada in November 1908. | Louis was conscripted into the Russian army. His father had contrived to delay this for about a year, but Louis finally had to begin serving in 1908. Louis deserted the Russian army and fled the country. He chose to emigrate to Winnipeg because he knew a family there. | After Louis deserted from the army, an agent helped him escape from Poland. He then spent 3 months in London before sailing from Liverpool on the SS Victorian. He disembarked in Halifax. |
| Chaykeh Coodin Chaykeh was about 18 years old when she travelled by herself to join her brother Louis in Winnipeg. | Chaykeh arrived in Canada in August, 1912. | Chaykeh listed her occupation on the ship manifest as “tailoress,” and went to work as a seamstress in a garment factory shortly after arriving in Winnipeg. | Chaykeh made her way from Pohrebyshche to Liverpool. She boarded the SS Megantic on August 17, 1912 and reached Canada at Quebec City on August 24, 1912. |
| Herschel & Elka Coodin and children Pesach and Bertha Herschel and Elka made the journey to Canada with their 2 youngest children, Pesach and Bertha. | The family arrived in Canada in September 1913. | The family emigrated because of the oppression of Jews by Russian government. Herschel couldn’t tolerate the restrictions on Jews. He sold his grain milling business and his home before leaving. | In 1913, the family travelled from their village of Pohrebyshche to Libau, Lithuania. Then they took a ship to Liverpool and a train to Glasgow. They sailed on the SS Cassandra, departing Glasgow on August 23 and arriving in Quebec City on September 1, 1913. Three days later, they arrived in Winnipeg. |