| 词条 | George William Cole |
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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. HistoryHe 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[2] 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[3] and important in the founding of Rechabites in South Australia. He was a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Adelaide.[4] 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[5] in Tynte Street, North Adelaide; later at Lymington Cottage, Melbourne Street, North Adelaide. FamilyHe married Ann Elizabeth Mitchell (14 January 1824 – 9 October 1915) on 1 December 1845.
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158095585 |title=Sudden Death |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |location=SA |date=26 November 1853 |accessdate=3 April 2015 |page=2 Supplement: Supplement to The Adelaide Observer. |publisher=National Library of Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, George William}}2. ^Leadbeater, B., http://www.familyhistorysa.org/colonists.html COLE George , Jane (2nd wife), Chlt Ann, Geo Wm, Sarah Jane, Thyrza Lucy, Tryphena, Aaron, Wm Geo Cooper (ch of 1st wife Sarah COOPER) (45,46,19,17,16,14,9,5,2) arrived 1839-07-06 on Lysander from Liverpool 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158093146 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |location=SA |date=12 March 1853 |accessdate=3 April 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53627805 |title=The Late Mr. G. W. Cole |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=5 December 1893 |accessdate=3 April 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^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. 6. ^Tasmania BDM Registration 1644 6 : Members of the South Australian House of Assembly|Australian temperance activists|Australian Methodists|1823 births|1893 deaths|19th-century Australian politicians |
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