Welcome to AlfredCordon.org
We will be celebrating the 160th anniversary of Alfred Cordon dedicating the Southwest cornerstone of the Salt Lake Temple on June 29th, 2013 at the Church History Library in downtown Salt Lake City. We have a fun day planned, we hope you can join us. Please join the mailing list for more information. Or RSVP for the event here.
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Alfred Cordon June 29th Mailer
-Tyler Thorsted
Thanks for reaching out to my brother Ward.
I am a descendent of Emma Cordon Lowe.
Thanks Steve! I have contacted my aunts and uncles! Best of luck!
Alfred Cordon had 13 surviving children and 90 grandchildren. We are trying to organize family line champions. So far we have found 16 volunteers to gather names, addresses, Emails so we can contact cousins for the June 29 reunion. Thanks for all you work to find cousins. We need more help if you have the time. Thanks, Steve
I am the grandaughter of Howard Baddley’s who is the son of Priscilla Lowe Baddley’s who is the daughter of Emma Cordon Lowe the daughter of Alfred Cordon..
I am the great great great granddaughter of Alfred Cordon, I am of mixed race heritage. I believe his son, Arthur Edmund Cordon is the father of Robert Clyde Cordon, father of Clyda Joy Cordon, who is my mother’s mom!!!
nice to meet some distant relatives.
Hi Shawn! Welcome. If you would like to be included on updates and upcoming events, join the mailing list.
I am the g-grandson of Horace Herbert Cordon and Sarah Estella Cole. Leaving for Georgia for a year. A post metioned a reunion on June 29, anyone have details?
Hi Robert!
Welcome to the website. Thank you for leaving a comment. We are planning a family gathering on June 29th in Salt Lake City. More information will be posted to the website soon.
-Tyler Thorsted
Hi Everyone. I tried the DNA thing that Ancestory.com does. I had my brother and I each do it as the women will show the female lines and the man will show the male lines. It was interesting to see the heavy English influence we had… Has anyone else tried it?
Hi Maggie, yes I have tried it too, but I’m waiting for the results. Steve
Alfred Cordon Family Association 2013 – A Brief History
After the Cordon Family Reunion at Willard, August 2012, our cousin Alfred S Cordon was invited to a meeting of Pioneer Family Associations. Alfred invited Tyler and myself to join him. We met at the This is the Place Park several times with other Pioneer Family representatives (Smith, Young, Woodruff, Kimball). We were challenged to rejuvenate our Cordon Association.
We started with a vision of holding a Grand Reunion this year with hundreds of descendants. However, Bishop Alfred Cordon had 90 grandchildren. The Ralph Cordon/Annie Shumway family has been holding Cordon Reunions for decades but they represent only ten of the 90 lines.
We re-adjusted our vision and decided to scale back the gathering. We still want to recognize the 160th Anniversary of the dedication of the SW Cornerstone of the Salt Lake Temple. We decided to focus our efforts on two things: Find champions for each of the 90 lines and create the foundation of an Alfred Cordon Family Association.
We appreciate all the efforts by our champions and other Cordon cousins. There is still a great deal of work to do.
Thanks for your Support!
Steve Thorsted
I will not be able to attend the reunion but am interested in finding out how to see the broadcast on the web.
I also have the information for myself to add to my mother’s (Margaret Smith Callister )family. How do it do it?
Grace
Grace,
We will announce the details of a internet broadcast when we get closer to the date of the reunion. Steve will email you details on adding to your family line. Thank you!