Harold Cole -- parents and birth cert
by Willow and Damien Aliento-Prokop
G'Day all,
well I "bit the bullet" and got ahold of Harold Cole's Birth cert from
the NSW BDM. It arrived today, so I'm up late!!!
His father was William George Cole, born at Peats Ferry in New South
Wales in 1867 or therabouts, as he was 23 when Harold James Edward
William Isaac Cole was born at Peats Ferry Brooklyn NSW on 25
September 1890. (he gave him lots of middle names) according to the
cert he was not present at the birth. With his occupation recorded as
fisherman, that's not suprising.
He was married to Bridget Clotilda Mary Magdalene Kelly, aged 26 at
the time of the birth, on 28 February 1887, Sydney. There is one
other female previous issue.
Bridgets birthplace is hard to decipher -- it could be Popran
(Sofran, Sopran?) Creek New South Wales.
The informant was Bridget on 6 October 1890, witness Mary Cole.
So anyone out there got any COLE family from Peats Ferry area
(Hawkesbury river I think), or any William George Cole living near
Sydney in the 1860s?
Still, I must admit to being so amazed looking at the old writing --
these are my great-great-grandparents registering the birth of my
great-grandfather, over 100 years ago. Wow.
Addictive aint it!
Blessed be,
Willow
Mummulgum Australia