George William Cole
- Not to be confused with his (probably unrelated) contemporary James William Cole
George William Cole (15 January 1823 – 4 December 1893) was a politician in the colony of South Australia.
History
He was born in Lindfield, Sussex the son of George Cole (2 May 1792 – 20 November 1853)[1] and Sarah Cooper (c. 1787 – 1837);George married Mrs Jane Mitchell in 1838 George, Jane and George's 7 children arrived in South Australia on 9 July 1839 on the Lysander.
He was employed as City Valuator from around 1865.
He was, like his father, a confirmed teetotaler, active in the Bible Christian Missionary Society and the Total Abstinence Society[2] and important in the founding of Rechabites in South Australia. He was a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Adelaide.[3]
He was a member of Parliament for the seats of Burra and Clare 1860–1862, with fellow teetotaler William Dale as his associate, and The Burra 1862–1866, when he resigned. He fought for abolition of liquor and closing of railways on Sundays. In the 1850s he lived next door to the Temperance Hall[4] in Tynte Street, North Adelaide; later at Lymington Cottage, Melbourne Street, North Adelaide.
Family
He married Ann Elizabeth Mitchell (14 January 1824 – 9 October 1915) on 1 December 1845.
- Jessie Gravely Cole (29 September 1847 – 14 November 1870) married Arthur H. Scarfe ( – )
- Annie Elizabeth Cole (29 April 1851 – 8 June 1878) married Rev. William Williams (c. 1850 – 6 July 1913)
- George Mitchell Cole (5 December 1854 – 21 February 1884) married Susan Ellen Chapman (16 July 1856 – 11 April 1942) on 11 August 1881.
- Rosa Jane Cole (c. 1859 – 21 October 1942) married Hannibal Lyne on 29 September 1880
- Emma Tryphena Cole (25 October 1861 – 8 January 1926 in WA) married John LeCornu jnr (c. 1861 – 14 July 1948) on 12 December 1882
References
- ↑ "Sudden Death". Adelaide Observer. SA: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1853. p. 2 Supplement: Supplement to The Adelaide Observer. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Advertising.". Adelaide Observer. SA: National Library of Australia. 12 March 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Late Mr. G. W. Cole". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 December 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ Architect for the Temperance Hall was James William Cole, who was member for West Torrens 1857–1860, but it is not known whether there is a family connection.