{"id":313,"date":"2018-05-10T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T13:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:47:07","slug":"cordon-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=313","title":{"rendered":"Cordon Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Henry<\/strong> <strong>(or<\/strong> <strong>Harry)<\/strong> <strong>Cordon\u00a0 (1846<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <strong>1920)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Harry<\/em> <em>Cordon<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>Non-Conformist<\/em> <em>parson<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>missionary.<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>Sarah<\/em> <em>Sambrooke<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>East<\/em> <em>Grinstead,<\/em> <em>Sussex<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>summer<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>1867.<\/em> <em>Mary\u2019s<\/em> <em>father<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>daughter<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>builder,<\/em> <em>Mr<\/em> <em>Sambrooke,<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>St<\/em> <em>John\u2019s<\/em> <em>Wood,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>she<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>Mother\u2019s<\/em> <em>aunt.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>In<\/em> <em>1869\/70<\/em> <em>they<\/em> <em>found<\/em> <em>themselves<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Africa,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>heard<\/em> <em>about<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Royal<\/em> <em>Geographical<\/em> <em>Society\u2019s<\/em> <em>search<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>David<\/em> <em>Livingstone,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>joined<\/em> <em>in,<\/em> <em>although<\/em> <em>this<\/em> <em>expedition<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>unsuccessful.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Then<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>sent<\/em> <em>as<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>missionary<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>China,<\/em> <em>where<\/em> <em>Florence<\/em> <em>(usually<\/em> <em>called<\/em> <em>Flossie)<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>born<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1871<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Philip<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1872.<\/em> <em>The<\/em> <em>rising<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Boxer<\/em> <em>movement<\/em> <em>caused<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>evacuate<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>North<\/em> <em>China<\/em> <em>mission<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>walk<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>coast,<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>help<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>connivance<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>Chinese<\/em> <em>Christians.<\/em> <em>They<\/em> <em>all<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>coffin<\/em> <em>boxes<\/em> <em>made<\/em> <em>during<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>lives,<\/em> <em>as<\/em> <em>is<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Chinese<\/em> <em>custom,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>claimed<\/em> <em>that<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>children<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>often<\/em> <em>hidden<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>coffins<\/em> <em>during<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>journey.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Harry<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>returned<\/em> <em>via<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Philippines,<\/em> <em>but<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>shipwrecked<\/em> <em>near<\/em> <em>there<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>separated.<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>Cordon<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>children<\/em> <em>carried<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Britain,<\/em> <em>but<\/em> <em>landed<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Liverpool,<\/em> <em>not<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>home<\/em> <em>city<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>London.<\/em> <em>Nevertheless,<\/em> <em>they<\/em> <em>decided<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>stay<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>set<\/em> <em>up<\/em> <em>home<\/em> <em>there.<\/em> <em>Harry\u2019s<\/em> <em>rescue<\/em> <em>vessel<\/em> <em>dropped<\/em> <em>him<\/em> <em>off<\/em> <em>elsewhere.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(There is no record of any UK incoming passenger lists for 1873, mentioning the Cordons. However, I think Ruth meant the family were picked up by cargo vessels, which agreed to bring back the marooned family, and they probably would not be required to carry passenger lists.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>It<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>time<\/em> <em>before<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>rejoined<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Liverpool.<\/em> <em>In<\/em> <em>1875<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>gave<\/em> <em>birth<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Ernest<\/em> <em>Jeremiah,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1877<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>George.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The family was living in Gorse Bank, West Kirby, Liverpool, by the time of the 1881 Census.\u00a0 Here are the details:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Age<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Born<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Relationship to Head<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Occupation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Henry Cordon<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1846<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">head<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Baptist Minister of Kerow Hall Baptist Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Mary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">35<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">184 Paddington<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">wife<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Florence May<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">China<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">daughter<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Philip Henry<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">China<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">son<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">scholar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ernest Jeremiah<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Britain<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">son<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">George Harold<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Britain<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">son<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache -->\n<p>Their fourth son Harry was born some time later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Harry\u2019s<\/em> <em>next<\/em> <em>posting<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>America,<\/em> <em>where<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>minister<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>churches<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Galveston,<\/em> <em>Texas<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>New<\/em> <em>Orleans,<\/em> <em>from<\/em> <em>1886.<\/em> <em>Later,<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>returned<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Liverpool,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>pastor<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>church<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>city.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Cordon family appear in the Census for 1891 for 61 Rockfield Road, Walton-on-the-Hill, in Liverpool. By now, Philip aged 19, was a clerk, Ernest was 16 and a bookseller, and George and Harry were still scholars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>While<\/em> <em>living<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Liverpool,<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>opened<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>home<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>cousins,<\/em> <em>nephew<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>nieces,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>mother<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>Busfield<\/em> <em>(their<\/em> <em>niece)<\/em> <em>lived<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>them<\/em> <em>off<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>years.<\/em> <em>The<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>gay<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>young<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>her<\/em> <em>sister<\/em> <em>Sissie,<\/em> <em>plus<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>own<\/em> <em>daughter<\/em> <em>Flossie,<\/em> <em>attracted<\/em> <em>suitors.<\/em> <em>There<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>usually<\/em> <em>five<\/em> <em>young<\/em> <em>men<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>three<\/em> <em>girls<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>out,<\/em> <em>during<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>1890<\/em> <em>\u2013<\/em> <em>1903.<\/em> <em>It<\/em> <em>seems<\/em> <em>likely<\/em> <em>that<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>father<\/em> <em>Alfred,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>Brown<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>suitors<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Flossie<\/em> <em>simultaneously.<\/em> <em>Alfred<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1903,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>Flossie<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1897.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Census for 1901 lists the family at 20 Arkles Lane, Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool. Henry is listed as a Baptist Minister in New Brighton, Cheshire, and the only child living at home still is George, 24, who was a stationer. Both Philip and Flossie had married by then.<\/p>\n<p>In 1919 Harry Cordon, aged 77, was a first class passenger aboard the \u2018New Georgia\u2019 sailing from Galveston, Texas, to Liverpool, and arriving on 19th\u00a0October. He must have gone to visit his son Philip and family, who had emigrated to Galveston in 1905.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Briefly<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>went<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Ireland as<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>pastor<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Bray.<\/em> <em>When<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>over<\/em> <em>80,<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>wanderlust<\/em> <em>overtook<\/em> <em>him<\/em> <em>again<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>February<\/em> <em>1922,<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>sailed<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>West<\/em> <em>Subiaco,<\/em> <em>Perth,<\/em> <em>Australia,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>took<\/em> <em>over<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>church<\/em> <em>there,<\/em> <em>preaching<\/em> <em>every<\/em> <em>Sunday<\/em> <em>until<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>death<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>90<\/em> <em>plus.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rev Henry Cordon and Mary sailed with Flossie, Jack, and their two children, Hilda and Harry on the 23rd\u00a0of February 1922 aboard the S.S. \u2018Benalia\u2019 from London to Freemantle, Australia. He was obviously encouraged to do so by his sons Harry and George, already living in Perth and Freemantle. Their last U.K. address was 4, Earlston Road, New Brighton, Wallasey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Large<\/em> <em>f<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>rms<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>benefactors<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>people<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>home<\/em> <em>town.<\/em> <em>J.A.<\/em> <em>Rank<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>end<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>19th century<\/em> <em>backed<\/em> <em>Non-Conformist<\/em> <em>churches<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Liverpool.<\/em> <em>He<\/em> <em>gave<\/em> <em>sums<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>fortune<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Uncle<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>Cordon\u2019s<\/em> <em>chapel<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>social<\/em> <em>work.<\/em> <em>Rank<\/em> <em>also<\/em> <em>gave<\/em> <em>sums<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>uncle<\/em> <em>Arthur<\/em> <em>who<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>missioner.<\/em> <em>(See:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Arthur<\/em> <em>Edward<\/em> <em>Lytle)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Henry<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong> <strong>Mary<\/strong><strong>\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Children<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Florence<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>May<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Florence<\/em> <em>(known<\/em> <em>as<\/em> <em>Flossie)<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>John<\/em> <em>(known<\/em> <em>as<\/em> <em>Jack)<\/em> <em>Brown<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1897.<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>grandfather<\/em> <em>Alfred<\/em> <em>Henry<\/em> <em>Lytle<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>both<\/em> <em>visiting<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Cordon<\/em> <em>house<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>same<\/em> <em>time,<\/em> <em>courting<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>two<\/em> <em>young<\/em> <em>cousins.<\/em> <em>When<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>Flossie,<\/em> <em>Alfred<\/em> <em>married<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>Busfield,<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>niece.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Flossie<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>2<\/em> <em>children:<\/em> <em>Hilda<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Harry,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>these<\/em> <em>two<\/em> <em>I<\/em> <em>met<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>beach<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>New<\/em> <em>Brighton<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>West<\/em> <em>Kirby,<\/em> <em>when<\/em> <em>I<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>about<\/em> <em>five<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>old,<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>two<\/em> <em>brief<\/em> <em>afternoons<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>our<\/em> <em>spades<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>buckets.<\/em> <em>I<\/em> <em>can<\/em> <em>remember<\/em> <em>how<\/em> <em>cool<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>superior<\/em> <em>they<\/em> <em>seemed.<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>soon<\/em> <em>after<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>bankrupt<\/em> <em>I<\/em> <em>believe.<\/em> <em>When<\/em> <em>Uncle<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Aunt<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>sailed<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>Australia,<\/em> <em>about<\/em> <em>1920,<\/em> <em>they<\/em> <em>took<\/em> <em>Flossie<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>them.<\/em> <em>Their<\/em> <em>daughter<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>son-in-law<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>been<\/em> <em>living<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>them<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>time,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>even<\/em> <em>settled<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Ireland<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>them<\/em> <em>when<\/em> <em>Harry<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>pastor<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Bray.<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>run<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>business<\/em> <em>over<\/em> <em>there<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>kind.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philip<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Henry<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The<\/em> <em>eldest<\/em> <em>son,<\/em> <em>Philip,<\/em> <em>bought<\/em> <em>timber<\/em> <em>from<\/em> <em>Spain<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>sold<\/em> <em>it<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>U.S.A.<\/em> <em>His<\/em> <em>daughter<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>film<\/em> <em>actress<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>New<\/em> <em>York.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Philip married Julia Cope Kendall in 1895. In the Census for 1901 for 15 Ribblesdale Ave, Walton-on-the-Hill, Liverpool, Philips\u2019 family appears thus:<\/p>\n<p>Philip Cordon, away,\u00a0Julia Cope Cordon, his wife, aged 27, born in Walton. Philip K., son aged 4, born in Walton.\u00a0Lola, daughter aged 1, born in Malaga, Spain. plus Eva Bootle, niece, aged 13 from Everton.<\/p>\n<p>So it appears that Philip\u2019s wife Julia, kept their house on in Walton and did not spend all her time in Malaga.<\/p>\n<p>Philip\u2019s name is on the passenger list of the S.S. \u201cCestrian\u201d from Liverpool to Boston on 7th\u00a0October 1905, arriving on October 17th. He is listed as a timber salesman. Business must have been good, because he persuaded his family to follow him out there, and a few months later, on July 14th\u00a01906, Julia and one child, Dorothy L. (is this Lola?) plus their niece Eva St. Clair Bootle aged 17, sailed from London to New Orleans aboard the S.S. \u2018Colonian\u2019, arriving on August 13th\u00a0. They appear on the U.S. Census for 1910 living in Galveston, Texas, and by 1920 they were living in New York, and at some time they were naturalised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ernest<\/strong> <strong>Jeremiah Cordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo089.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-274\" src=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo089.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo089.png 350w, https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo089-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Jeremiah in WWI uniform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In the 1911 Census, Ernest was living at 89 Sherburn Street in Consett. He was listed as a 36 year old single lodger, and a Baptist Minister. He was the only member of the Cordon family not to have married, nor emigrated. By the 1939 Census he was still listed as a Baptist Minister but living as a lodger with the Goudir family at 23Belle Vue Terrace, Consett.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ernest<\/em> <em>trained<\/em> <em>as<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>parson<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>Rawdon<\/em> <em>College,<\/em> <em>Y<\/em><em>orkshire<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>took<\/em> <em>churches<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Wimborne<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Romsey,<\/em> <em>then<\/em> <em>Consett<\/em> <em>near<\/em> <em>Darwin,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>again<\/em> <em>returned<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>Consett<\/em> <em>until<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>death<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1959.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The<\/em> <em>Sambrookes,<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Cordons<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Browns<\/em> <em>vanished<\/em> <em>from<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>parents\u2019<\/em> <em>lives<\/em> <em>after<\/em> <em>arriving<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Perth,<\/em> <em>until<\/em> <em>one<\/em> <em>day<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>1926,<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>Father<\/em> <em>came<\/em> <em>home<\/em> <em>from<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>office<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>news<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>Mama,<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>seen<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>Church<\/em> <em>notice<\/em> <em>board<\/em> <em>near<\/em> <em>Trent<\/em> <em>Bridge,<\/em> <em>that<\/em> <em>Ernest<\/em> <em>J.<\/em> <em>Cordon<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>preacher<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>Sunday<\/em> <em>June<\/em> <em>16<\/em><em>th<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo090-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-594\" src=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo090-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo090-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo090-1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth with Ernest Jeremiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>It<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>been<\/em> <em>obvious<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>me,<\/em> <em>that<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>father<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>felt<\/em> <em>inferior<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>mother\u2019s<\/em> <em>cousins,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em> <em>Brown,<\/em> <em>when<\/em> <em>they<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>young,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>rivals<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>young<\/em> <em>womens\u2019affections.<\/em> <em>But<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>23<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>his<\/em> <em>marriage,<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>become<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>successful<\/em> <em>businessman,<\/em> <em>well<\/em> <em>read<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>English<\/em> <em>literature,<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>pillar<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>local<\/em> <em>church<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>each<\/em> <em>town<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>lived<\/em> <em>in,<\/em> <em>also<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>won<\/em> <em>Mary<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>loved<\/em> <em>her<\/em> <em>passionately<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>years.<\/em> <em>We<\/em> <em>all<\/em> <em>attended<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>morning<\/em> <em>service<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>Trent<\/em> <em>Bridge<\/em> <em>church<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>introduced<\/em> <em>ourselves.<\/em> <em>Mama<\/em> <em>invited<\/em> <em>Ernest<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>lunch<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>17<\/em><em>th<\/em>\u00a0<em>and<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>stay.<\/em> <em>Monday<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>poor<\/em> <em>day<\/em> <em>of<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>week<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>much<\/em> <em>fresh<\/em> <em>food,<\/em> <em>so<\/em> <em>Mother<\/em> <em>decided<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>Scotch<\/em> <em>salmon<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>strawberries<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>cream.<\/em> <em>It<\/em> <em>soon<\/em> <em>became<\/em> <em>apparent<\/em> <em>that<\/em> <em>Ernest<\/em> <em>never<\/em> <em>ate<\/em> <em>fish,<\/em> <em>nor<\/em> <em>strawberries,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>cheeses<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>brought<\/em> <em>in.<\/em> <em>25<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>later,<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>staying<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>elder<\/em> <em>brother<\/em> <em>Rodney<\/em> <em>at<\/em> <em>their<\/em> <em>family<\/em> <em>hotel<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Bournemouth,<\/em> <em>I<\/em> <em>invited<\/em> <em>him<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>lunch,<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>again<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>menu<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>fish<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>strawberries.<\/em> <em>Cheeses<\/em> <em>were<\/em> <em>brought<\/em> <em>out.<\/em> <em>Memory<\/em> <em>failed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-595\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-595\" src=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo91.jpg 580w, https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo91-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth and Ernest Jeremiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>For<\/em> <em>some<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>1920\u2019s<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>early<\/em> <em>1930\u2019s,<\/em> <em>my<\/em> <em>parents<\/em> <em>invited<\/em> <em>Ernest<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>house<\/em> <em>many<\/em> <em>times.<\/em> <em>He<\/em> <em>went<\/em> <em>on<\/em> <em>holidays<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>us.<\/em> <em>Although<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>29<\/em> <em>years<\/em> <em>older<\/em> <em>than<\/em> <em>I,<\/em> <em>we<\/em> <em>loved<\/em> <em>each<\/em> <em>other.<\/em> <em>We<\/em> <em>corresponded<\/em> <em>until<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>died.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo092.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177\" src=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo092.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo092.png 350w, https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/photo092-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Jeremiah circa 1930<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u00a0remember Ernest coming to Bournemouth when I was a little girl. He did seem terribly old and whiskery. He smoked a pipe and had a very stained moustache. But he did seem glad to have caught up with Ruth again, after her marriage failed and she had moved to Bournemouth. He used to stay in a local hotel, and I have no doubt he would slip Ruth a \u00a35 note towards her rates bill. She would have told him of her prayers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>George<\/strong> <strong>Harold\u00a0Cordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>George married Ada Gittins in 1910. They appear in the 1916 and 1925 Electoral Roll as living at 12, Rankin Road, Freemantle, Australia. This is very close to Perth, so obviously the family had emigrated to be near George\u2019s brother. George had died in 1931, but in the 1936 and 1937 Roll, their children, Dorothy, Mary and Phyllis\u00a0are listed along with their mother Ada.\u00a0\u00a0She died in 1965.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry<\/strong> <strong>Cordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Harry<\/em> <em>emigrated<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>W<\/em><em>estern<\/em> <em>Australia<\/em> <em>before<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>First<\/em> <em>World<\/em> <em>W<\/em><em>ar<\/em> <em>because<\/em> <em>he<\/em> <em>suffered<\/em> <em>from<\/em> <em>T.B.<\/em> <em>and<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>climate<\/em> <em>was<\/em> <em>thought<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>be<\/em> <em>better<\/em> <em>for<\/em> <em>him.<\/em> <em>He<\/em> <em>took<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>position<\/em> <em>in<\/em> <em>Perth,<\/em> <em>with<\/em> <em>Massey<\/em> <em>Harris,<\/em> <em>selling<\/em> <em>farm<\/em> <em>machinery.<\/em> <em>He<\/em> <em>had<\/em> <em>three<\/em> <em>daughters,<\/em> <em>who<\/em> <em>all<\/em> <em>later<\/em> <em>came<\/em> <em>to<\/em> <em>the<\/em> <em>U.K.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry (or Harry) Cordon\u00a0 (1846 &#8211; 1920) Harry Cordon was a Non-Conformist parson and missionary. Harry married Mary Sarah Sambrooke in East Grinstead, Sussex in the summer of 1867. Mary\u2019s father was the daughter of a builder, Mr Sambrooke, of St John\u2019s Wood, and she became my Mother\u2019s aunt. 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