Cordelle family 1921-27

Jean Cordelle and Simone Hausermann married in Paris in November 1921 (page 388).

Jean was serving at the Ironroads Regiment in Tours, France, 2 years ago. (See page 511-military service of Jean Cordelle in seven 1920 to seven 1922)They then moved to Towers, 5 rue de la Barre, in the city center, where their first child Francis was born on 7 November 1921 (see page 51).
During François' breastfeeding, Simone was again pregnant and their second child, Michel, was born in Paris on 10 December 1922 at Marguerite Hausermann or Nany, Simone's mother. (see page 513, 1923, stay in Tours)Simone was very tired of her two successive pregnancies. 

In 1921, they had the opportunity to visit the Loire castles before François was born. (see page 512-les Châteaux de la Loire)
At the end of military service (end of September 1922), they remained in Tours for another year, with Jean being hired to work in the Railways from Paris to OrléansAs a young engineer. (see page 514, 1923, the railway works of the Grammont Bridge to Tours)

In October and November 1923, they were in the Midi to visit the Dessus. Gabriel Dessus, engineer of Maritime Engineering and comrade of the X of Jean Cordelle, had married (see page 389) With Suzannette, Jean Cordelle's young sister. Gabriel (Tonton or Uncle Gaby) was probably in Toulon, stationed at the Arsenal. (see page 515, 1923, trip to the South with the Dessus)
In 1923, Jean Cordelle was hired to Hersent Society, a large company of Public Works (and especially maritime), where his father-in-law Eugene Hausermann was technical director, he was called Daddy. Cherbourg on the site of the Flemish dyke, in the port of Cherbourg. (see page 531, 1924-1926, Cherbourg construction sites)

Their installation in Cherbourg lasted from 1923 to 1926. (see page 53, 1924, stay in Cherbourg) and
(see page 532, 1925-26, some pictures of warships).
After Cherbourg, Jean Cordelle was sent in 1926 to 2 years at the Grattequina landing siteOn the Gironde, near Bordeaux. (see page 551, 1927, Grattequina landing site, and photos of warships)
The Cordelle family then moved to the Grattequina Castle. (see page 55, 1927, stay at Grattequina Castle in Blanquefort)
The pictures show their beautiful house, in the middle of the vineyards, the two children with the dog. Simone loved dogs a lot, she had several in her youth, and later at the Brûlat du Castellet. 
All their holidays were naturally at the Château de Vierville where the Hausermann (Eugène "Daddy" and Marguerite "Nany") received their 3 children (Suzanne Chedal-Anglay, born in 1896, Simone Cordelle, born in 1898, and Jean, born in 1903) and their grandchildren.
(see page 52, vacation 1922 and 23 in Vierville, various views)
(see page 521, holidays 1922 and 23 in Vierville, children)
(see page 522, in summer 1922, colour photos, poorly preserved)
(see page 54, vacation 1924-27, Vierville, various views)
(see page 541, vacation 1924-26, in Vierville, the children)

He was there, with Jean Hausermann still young, the Chedal-Anglay, Georges (Tonton or Uncle Georges) and Suzanne (Tante Suzon) and their two boys, Philippe, born in 1918, and Jean-Pierre, born in 1920. The 4 cousins Cordelle and Chedal are visible on many photos in Vierville.
Uncle Georges was also an engineer at Hersent and was sent to Athens for the work of the port of Piraeus. There are therefore pictures of the Chedal family in Greece. (see page 543, the Chedals in Greece, 1924-26)

In the summer of 1926, Brigitte Chedal-Anglay was born at Vierville Castle, (see page 542, Brigitte in Vierville) His father Georges Chedal-Anglay was in Greece at the time.

During all these years, Daddy and Nany were still at 123, rue de Longchamps in Paris, while spending the holidays in Vierville. In 1922, Daddy was visiting his father Rémy Hausermann, who lived in Vertou (near Nantes) with his daughter Alice Hausermann-Feuillebois. (see page 523, trip to Vertou, 1922)On February 6, 1924, Daddy died, he was buried in Vierville, page 299, death of Daddy and page 54 Vierville in 1924-26.
The 3rd Hausermann, Jean Hausermann, born in 1903, then continued his studies at the Ecole des Travaux Publics in Paris before performing his military service (ca. 1926-27), and also entered Hersent's (first at the Bizerte yard and then at the Verdon yard near Bordeaux), He married Germaine Saillard in 1928. The album also recalls all these events.(see page 544, Jean Hausermann).

See page 545, letters written in 1927, by Nany to his son Jean, who had just left at Bizerte on a Hersent site, as the first job of a young engineer. He was engaged to Germaine Saillard, daughter of an officer in garrison at Cherbourg when Jean H. was doing his military service there. (marriage in 8-1928)

In 1928 the Cordelle family left for Rosario, which was sent there by the Hersent Society.

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