Cordel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Cordel is a name whose history is connected to ancient Normandy. The name is derived from when the Cordel family once lived in Normandy, where the family was established since 1463 in a seigniory erected for des Cordey.

Early Origins of the Cordel family

The surname Cordel was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family was established since 1463 in a seigniory erected for des Cordey.

Early History of the Cordel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cordel research. Another 54 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1380, 1440, 1480, 1564, 1580, 1592, 1650, 1768, 1777, 1793, 1843 and 1861 are included under the topic Early Cordel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cordel Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Cordel, including Corde, Cordes, Cordé, Cordet, Cordette, Cordey, de Cordey, des Cordey, Corday, de Corday, Cordié, Cordier, Lecordier, Cordeau, Cordeaux, Cordot, Cordaud, Cordauld, Cordaut, Cordault, Cordaux, Cordaulx, Cordau, Cordel, Cordelle, Cordelet and many more.

Early Notables of the Cordel family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Jacques-Adrien Corday, a lieutenant; Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday d'Armont, who was born in 1768 in Orne, and who died in 1793 in Paris, a heroic figure; Balthasar Cordier (1592-1650), Belgian theologian; Baude Cordier (c. 1380-before 1440), French composer; Mathurin Cordier (1480-1564) (pen name Corderius), French pedagogue; and Louis Cordier (1777-1861), a geologist and mineralogist.Jacques Cordier, better known under the name of Bocan, born in Lorraine about 1580; dancing-master and performer on the violin and...
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Cordel migration to the United States +

Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Cordel has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Cordel were

Cordel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M. Cordel, who arrived in America in 1845
M Cordel, who landed in America in 1845 1

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)