Help Finding Wilding-Coles of Kent

[lionel_cole]

Hi everyone;

I'm looking to find out more about my great Grandfather, Hugh Wilding Cole. I know that Hugh emigrated to Newfoundland in the early 1900's, married Eva Munroe and sired my grandfather, Lionel H, my great uncle Harvey and my great aunt Ainslie.

I have no clues to his family, siblings, parents, etc.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Lionel B Wilding-Cole
Toronto, Ontario

[bumblebee]

Was his full name Hugh Henry Wilding Cole, I only ask as he is on a Canadian passage list in the 1930's and says he was in Canada before between 1905 and 1929. Wife is Eva, Sidcup.

Bumblebee

[bumblebee]

1891 census possible

Class: RG12; Piece: 707; Folio 61; Page 10

St Mary Bredin, Kent
3 St Johns Lane

Robert Wilding Cole 39 Professional Brewer
Edith Cole 33
Stanton Wilding Cole 11
Gorman Wilding Cole 10
Gwendoline Mary Cole 8
Hugh Henry Cole 7
Nora Agnes Cole 6
Irene Elinor Cole 7/12
John (Johen) Craven 21 Pupil
Eleanor Pussen 19 Servant
Elizabeth Sparks 17 Servant

Bumblebee

[Sue Mackay]

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[Sue Mackay]

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The above Donovan Wilding-Cole was born in 1900 and appears on the 1901 census RG13; Piece: 793; Folio: 42; Page: 6 (original TNA Crown copyright) for 3 St.John's Lane, Canterbury. Hugh was probably at school.

Robert COLE 49 Professional brewer b Pembroke, Dale
Edith wife 43 b Berkshire, Early
Norah dau 16 b Surrey, Farnham
Irene dau 10 b Kent, Canterbury
Donovan son 4 mths b Kent, Canterbury

Ah, found Hugh in 1901, not at school, but working as an assistant brewer and living as a visitor in Croydon
RG13; Piece: 649; Folio: 148; Page: 23 (original at TNA Crown copyright)
Hugh H WILDING-COLE Visitor 17 Assistant brewer b Surrey, Farnham

If you want his birth certificate you can order it here. His birth was registered September quarter 1883 in Farnham Vol 2a page 123. The name on the index is Hugh Henry W. Cole, so use this when ordering.

[Sue Mackay]

1891 census possible

Gorman Wilding Cole 10

I think this actually says Norman

ETA: Yes, definitely Norman. Several of the sibling marriages took place in London and can be found amongst the London Metropolitan Archive records on Ancestry.

Stanton WILDING-COLE (26) brewer married Florence Annie CHETWOOD (29) in St.Botolph's, Bishopsgate on 28 April 1906
Her father was William CHETWOOD, doctor

Nora Agnes WILDING-COLE (26) married Sydney William CHETWOOD (36) dental surgeon, brother of Florence (above) in St.John's Holborn on June 18th 1911

Gwendoline Mary WILDING-COLE (23) married George Edward Delaney SCOTT (25), clerk, in St.John's Holborn on 22 July 1905

Norman John WILDING-COLE (28), officer in mercantile marine, married Clara Harriet FAWCETT (39) in All Saints Marylebone on 7th Feb 1910.

[Sue Mackay]

Here's the marriage of Robert Wilding COLE to Edith FULLER June qtr 1879 in Wokingham Vol 2c Page 709

Here is Edith with her first two children at her mother's house in 1881
RG11; Piece: 1310; Folio: 57; Page: 19 (Original TNA Crown Copyright)
Broad Street, Wokingham

Mary FULLER widow 56 annuitant b Berkshire, Wokingham
Mary FULLER dau unm 33 school mistress b Berkshire, Arborfield
Louise FULLER dau unm 32 b Berkshire, Reading
Gertrude FULLER dau unm 19 teacher of English b Berkshire, Earley
Edith COLE dau mar 23 wife of brewer b Berkshire, Earley
Stanton W. COLE grandson 1 b Berkshire, Wokingham
___ COLE grandson 1 month b Berkshire, Wokingham

[Sue Mackay]

From the Times Digital Archive

21 April 1879
MARRIED
On the 17th April at the parish church Wokingham by the Rector the Rev E. Sturges, assisted by the Rev J.F. Maul, Robert Wilding COLE, youngest son of the late Henry COLE Esq of Pembrokeshire, to Edith, fifth daughter of the late John FULLER of Linden House, Wokingham, Berks.

25 July 1905
MARRIAGES
SCOTT-COLE: On the 22nd July at St.John's Holborn, by the Rev D.G. Cowan. vicar, and the Rev E.C. Coney, late vicar, George Edward Delany SCOTT, eldest son of Edward J.L. SCOTT D.Litt, late of the British Museum, to Gwendoline Mary WILDING COLE, eldest daughter of R. WILDING COLE of Brewery House, Castle Street, Long Acre.

[Sue Mackay]

Here is Henry COLE, father of Robert Wilding COLE and grandfather of Hugh Henry Wilding COLE, on the 1851 census
HO107; Piece: 2477; Folio: 200; Page: 7 (original TNA Crown copyright)
Dale Quay, Pembrokeshire

Henry COLE 32 Commander of Merchant Vessel b Dale, Pembrokeshire
(next page)
Ellin Eliza COLE wife 22 b in the town of Calcutta
Henry Cornelius COLE son 4 b in the town of Calcutta
Ellin Mary COLE dau 3 b in the town of Calcutta
Phillip William COLE son 1 b in the town of Calcutta

Robert Wilding COLE does not appear on this census as his birth was registered in the June quarter of 1851 in Haverford West Registration District (which includes Dale) Vol 26 page 736

In 1911 Robert and Edith were living at 3 Spencer Gardens, Eltham, Kent with two of their children, Irene Elinor (20) and Donovan Denneth (10). The census says they had been married 31 years and had 9 children, two of whom had died.
RG14/2722/3 (original TNA Crown copyright)

[lionel_cole]

Wow, you people are amazing and incredibly helpful! Thank you all so much!!

I believe my great-grandfather was indeed Hugh Henry Wilding-Cole so you've definitely set me on the right course. Also, my father's middle name was Norman, and now I see from where it derived.

Thanks again!