Nick was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1859. He was a sign painter in his home town, and continued that work after moving to San Bernardino. I have the good fortune to have his sign painters sketch book and will share some of his work with you on another page of this site. Grandfather Nicholas was also a deputy sheriff in San Bernardino and served as a special guard at the Orange Show in that town. He died in San Bernardino in 1937, a few years before I was born, so I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing him.

1937

One of the many sketches from Nick's sign painting book.

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In front of their San Bernardino, Calif. home about 1910.

L to R:  Fred Codori, Mary Anne Codori, John Nicholas Codori and J.J. Codori.