| WELCOME! I hope you will enjoy your visit to the CORDARY, CORDARI, CORDORI, CODORI, CADORI, CADORA CONNECTIONS! The family initially came from the Sarreguemines District of Lorraine, France. They lived and worked in Bettviller, Petit-Rederching, Lambach, Bitche and Hottviller. This area is in the north-eastern part of France. It shares a border with Germany. One can still find descendants of the Cordary family in this area. Three brothers (Jean George, Nicholas, & Antoine) immigrated from France to Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Jean George and Nicholas arrived in 1828. Antoine came at a later date and settled in Baltimore, Maryland after becoming a naturalized citizen. The Hottviller and Gettysburg areas are physically similar with distant mountains over-looking green rolling hills. Both areas support streams and lakes filled with fresh water fish. The time period before the brothers immigrated was unsettled. During the late 1780's the populace of France had grown tired of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie-Antoinette. On July 14, 1789, a Parisian mob stormed the Bastille Prison. The Revolution started out as an attempt to reform the monarchy. At first, the Revolution was in the hands of moderates but the radicals gained control of the government. The leaders Robespierre, Danton and Marat established the First Republic in 1792, as well as, the Reign of Terror (1793-1794). During this period the people saw churches closed, religious freedoms curtailed and mass executions. It was a government of medocrity, corruption and weakness which nobody wanted to defend. Napoleon Bonaparte, a general in the revolutionary armies, attacked it and proclaimed himself as First Consul in 1799. France came to control much of Europe through a series of foreign wars. In 1804 Napoleon established himself Emperor of France. A campaign against Russia in 1812 was disastrous for Napoleon. With his defeat in 1814-1815, the Bourbon monarchy was restored under Louis XVIII. This provided France another opportunity to develop a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary government. The nobility and the higher clergy were reluctant to accept the new government. A period of reaction after the accession of Charles X in 1824 led to the revolution of 1830. It may never be known why the Cordary/Cordari brothers immigrated to America. It might have been the number of military campaigns, changes in government, and the Revolution that convinced the brothers to start a new life in a different country. It might have been the deaths of their father, Andre on March 12, 1816, and their mother, Marie on February 21, 1827 that was the deciding factor. It might have been both reasons or a still unknown one. As one explores this page, one will come to know the brothers and their descendants. I hope you will enjoy your stay and visit in the future! This is a continuous exercise in family research. Although, I have current information on the family, this page only covers six generations with Jacques Cordari as the first. I will be glad to exchange information with interested persons. |
CORDARI, CORDORI, CODORI, CADORI, CADORA CONNECTIONS
Updated March 12, 2001 |
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