Louis Cordelle, child, circa 1882
Louis Cordelle at the Lycée circa 1887
Louis Cordelle
Navy artillery officer, circa 1897
V7002 - circa 1900
Louis in St-Quay? (1901)
V1323-Louis by bike, date and location uncertain. Enghien, Ermont or Taverny?
Around 1902, Ermont?
1907 Taverny?
Louis, Hélène, Jean and Suzanne, circa 1907, in Taverny?? 
The Cordelle house Flores
(Buenos Aires) in 1908
There was a tamed nandou (American ostrich) in the garden
born 13.03.1878, † 23.07.1912 to 39 years old
(Marie) Hélène Feige,
born on 16.09.1878, † on 11.1971 to 93 years
Yves's big parents
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Louis Cordelle was born in Saint Denis on 15 March 1873. Arsene Cordelle was originally from Vervins and employed in the Northern Railways. Emilia Prouveur, from a family of Saint Denis, was a midwife.
Louis was raised by his parents in residences close to the North Line, Enghien, Taverny and ParisHe was taken to Polytechnic School (promotion 94) from where he came out as an officer at the 17thnd Regiment of Artillery of Marine in 1897. From 1894 to 1898 he had the opportunity to
Travel (see table on page 372) in Europe: Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, England and Corsica (see excel diagram of its displacement)He met Georges Bidel, his future brother-in-law, and the Lions. From that time on, he became passionate about the photo: large plates 13x18 and 9x12 and positive projectors were kept. Many relief verascopes are visible in Vierville.
An invitation card (against this) was also kept at the ceremonies of the arrival in Paris of the Tsar and the Tsarine of Russia on 6 October 1896.
He's married in 1897 (see marriage certificate, family booklet and letters from Louis to Helen) 24 years old
Helen Feige, daughter of a shirt dealer, Alexandre Feige, originating in Savoie
and a Parisian Léonie TourteThe marriage was celebrated in Paris on 20 November 1897.
invitation of polytechnician Louis Cordelle to the arrival in Paris of the Tsar and the Tsarine, 1896
Wax seal "LC"
From that time, Louis Cordelle's health was fragile, he was undermined by tuberculosis, a disease that was not well known and very contagious: thinness, weakness of the lungs. This forced him to leave the army in 1899, after a period in Paris and an assignment to La Fère in November 1898, where his family may not have moved. Enghien
April 1899 to April 1901, and Ermont
until February 1903, Neuilly
(February 1903 to March 1906),
Taverny Then and until the departure in Argentina.
In the meantime, the children have arrived:
- First John (page 39), Yves' future father, in September 1898, born in Paris (page 373)34 rue de Verneuil.
- Then the twins Germaine and Suzanne, born on 5 February 1902 (page 374) In Ermont, 78 rue de la Gare, we find family photos of this period on large glass plates, as well as photos of holidays in Nantua, Vence.
The family was severely affected by tuberculosis. Germaine died first at the age of 2 in 1904. The family spent three months in Sèvres with the Feige parents in the summer of 1904.
The photos of this time (page 375) show Louis Cordelle walking in a curious motor tricycle (page 3753)They are often with Bidel Georges Bidel married his bell-essoeur Thérèse Feige in 1905, and the Cordelles went to see the Bidels in Bruay in August 1905.
Holidays in Vence circa 1904/5/6 page 3751, and 3752 (Vence postcards) are marked by photos taken by Louis Cordelle.In 1907, they left for a 3 years stay in Buenos Aires (page 376) (many photos on the verascope camera that was kept). Departure on 24 May 1907 by the "Atlantic" ship.
See page 37601, port of call in Portugal, page 37602 stopover in Dakar, page 37603, stopover at Rio, page 37604, stop at Santos.
Louis was the chief of the CGBA, General Railway Company of the Province of Buenos Aires, which built and then operated one of the many railway lines of Argentina: a narrow line (1m?) linking the capital to "El Rosario de Santa Fé", that is the city of Rosario, in full development at that time. page 3763, 37631 visits by families, 37632 opening of the line, 37633 construction sites, 37634 workshops, 37635 exhibition on the railways.
The professional atmosphere was bad at the CGBA, a notebook of Louis's handwritten notes was kept, which was very instructive in this regard.
They lived in a luxurious colonial house of the Florès district. They were visiting the High Paranà, with the Iguazú Falls and the ruins of Jesuit missions (see verascopes page 3764 and later).
See the photos: page 3762, Argentina 1907-1910, page37621, Larrea Street First Residence, page 37622 in Florès permanent residence, page 37623, the Buenos Aires Zoo and a military parade, page 37624, La Boca (port), page 37625 an estancia, page 37626, an estancia suite, page 37627 , the theatre, page 37628, Mayo Day 25At the end of his 3-year stay in 1910, Louis has returned to France (page 377) And it's on the way back on board the "Ceylon" (page 3771) (Rio stop)that the Cordelles have made known to the family Hausermann (page 49), they also on a trip to France, after 4 years of stay in Rosario. Jean Cordelle and Simone Hausermann (page 39), both 12 years old played on board together and remembered it a few years later by meeting in 1917. They married in 1920.
On his return in 1910, Louis had six months off, but he had to look for a new situation. They first resided in Enghien with the parents Arsène and Emilie Cordelle and made vacations in the Saint Maxime (page 3772)), and in Corsica (page 3773) and 3774)before leaving again overseas: in Algeria (page 378), à Sidi Bel Abbes, at the Chemins de Fer du Sud Oranais in 1911. (page 3781), (3782) a bad guy, (3783) Other travel. As a result of tuberculosis, Louis' health declined rapidly, and he died in July 1912 (page 3784)After a break, Jean was 14 and Suzanne was 10.
Louis left the memory of a very gentle man. He was agnostic and his son John was raised in the same conviction. Much later, after his marriage, John gradually converted to his wife's Catholic faith. John seems to have identified himself deeply with his father, their signatures are identical.
Jean took over the Gaumont verascope camera and used it until 1939. All the negatives and positives, and the projectors were kept (at Vierville).
Polytechnician promo 1894
Around 1905
in Neuilly in 1907
At Arsène (in the centre) and Emilie Cordelle, Georges Prouveur on the right, Marthe Prouveur and her sister Miss Dupré on the left, probably in Enghien?, about 1910
Enghien?, from g to d: Arsène, Miss Dupré, Martha Prouveur, Emilie, Georges Prouveur.
From g to d, we recognize: Miss Dupré(left), Arsène, Emilie, Martha Prouveur, Georges Prouveur
Prebably in Enghien around 1910
Again the Georges Prouveur and Miss Dupré (on the right, a sister of Martha Prouveur), where it seems that it is not at the same house, but the clothes seem the same