Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
NameCOLE, William George Cooper 
BurialPayneham, SA58742
FatherCOLE, George (1792-1853)
MotherCOOPER, Sarah (ca1797-1837)
Obituary
Australian Christian Commonwealth (SA : 1901 - 1940) Fri 3 Jan 191358743
AT HOME WITH GOD.
THE LATE MR. W. G. C. COLE.
The Methodist Church of South Australia
has lost a devoted worker through
the death of Mr. William George Cooper
Cole, which took place at Kirkcaldy,
Grange, on Thursday, December 5, at
the ripe age of seventy-five years. Mr.
Cole came to this State with his parents
as long ago as 1839, when only two years
of age, arriving by the ship "Lysander."
He was, therefore, a very old
colonist, and always looked forward
with pleasure to the celebrations on
Commemoration Day at Glenelg each
year. In his early life he had very few
opportunities of education, and when
only a lad started to work for his own
living. He was a mason by trade, but
did not keep to it, and after working
for two years at his trade, went to Williamstown
and engaged in farming with
his brother. From farming he took to
storekeeping, but did not continue long
in that business. In his early life he
went to the Victorian gold diggings and
resided for two years in Ballarat. He
returned to South Australia, and in
1864 joined the railway service at
Kapunda. He was for many years
guard of the train running from
Kapunda to Adelaide. For twenty three
years he was stationmaster at
Freeling, and after serving thirty-five
and a half years in the Railway Department,
retired in August, 1899. For the
last twelve years he had lived in retirement
at the Grange. His Christian service
extended over a period of sixty
years, for he was converted at the age
of fifteen. He was a local preacher for
close on forty years, but his greatest
work has perhaps been in the Sundayschools.
He was superintendent of the
Sunday-school at Kapunda for eight
years, at Freeling for twenty-three
years, and was the first superintendent
of the Grange Sunday-school. He was
class leader at Kapunda, Freeling, and
Halifax Street, and has been a very active
member of the Christian Endeavour
Society. The temperance cause also
had a hard and enthusiastic worker in
the late Mr. Cole, and he was one of the
pioneer Rechabites in this State. Last
May Mr. Cole was seized with a serious
illness, from which he never fully recovered.
A second stroke overtook him
on Wednesday, December 4, and after
twenty-eight hours of unconsciousness,
passed peacefully to his reward on the
evening of December 5. His widow has
lost a devoted husband, the children a
good father, and they rise up to call him
blessed. His life has been a continuous
example of upright living, and many
testimonies of his sterling character
have been received.
On Sunday evening, December 15, an
in memoriam service was conducted at
the Grange Methodist Church by the
Rev. W. T. Shapley, who took as his
text, "I have fought a good fight, I
have kept the faith," and referred to
the life just closed" as a triumphant
entry into the life beyond the grave—
the due reward of a good and useful life
lived here. "For me to live is Christ,
to die is gain."
AT HOME WITH GOD.
THE LATE MR. W. G. C. COLE.
The Methodist Church of South Australia
has lost a devoted worker through
the death of Mr. William George Cooper
Cole, which took place at Kirkcaldy,
Grange, on Thursday, December 5, at
the ripe age of seventy-five years. Mr.
Cole came to this State with his parents
as long ago as 1839, when only two years
of age, arriving by the ship "Lysander."
He was, therefore, a very old
colonist, and always looked forward
with pleasure to the celebrations on
Commemoration Day at Glenelg each
year. In his early life he had very few
opportunities of education, and when
only a lad started to work for his own
living. He was a mason by trade, but
did not keep to it, and after working
for two years at his trade, went to Williamstown
and engaged in farming with
his brother. From farming he took to
storekeeping, but did not continue long
in that business. In his early life he
went to the Victorian gold diggings and
resided for two years in Ballarat. He
returned to South Australia, and in
1864 joined the railway service at
Kapunda. He was for many years
guard of the train running from
Kapunda to Adelaide. For twenty three
years he was stationmaster at
Freeling, and after serving thirty-five
and a half years in the Railway Department,
retired in August, 1899. For the
last twelve years he had lived in retirement
at the Grange. His Christian service
extended over a period of sixty
years, for he was converted at the age
of fifteen. He was a local preacher for
close on forty years, but his greatest
work has perhaps been in the Sundayschools.
He was superintendent of the
Sunday-school at Kapunda for eight
years, at Freeling for twenty-three
years, and was the first superintendent
of the Grange Sunday-school. He was
class leader at Kapunda, Freeling, and
Halifax Street, and has been a very active
member of the Christian Endeavour
Society. The temperance cause also
had a hard and enthusiastic worker in
the late Mr. Cole, and he was one of the
pioneer Rechabites in this State. Last
May Mr. Cole was seized with a serious
illness, from which he never fully recovered.
A second stroke overtook him
on Wednesday, December 4, and after
twenty-eight hours of unconsciousness,
passed peacefully to his reward on the
evening of December 5. His widow has
lost a devoted husband, the children a
good father, and they rise up to call him
blessed. His life has been a continuous
example of upright living, and many
testimonies of his sterling character
have been received.
On Sunday evening, December 15, an
in memoriam service was conducted at
the Grange Methodist Church by the
Rev. W. T. Shapley, who took as his
text, "I have fought a good fight, I
have kept the faith," and referred to
the life just closed" as a triumphant
entry into the life beyond the grave—
the due reward of a good and useful life
lived here. "For me to live is Christ,
to die is gain."
Spouses
Immigration1846, ‘Boulton’8211 Age: 6
Death28 Feb 1924, Parkside, SA58741 Age: 84
BurialPayneham, SA58742
FatherFOUNTAIN, James
ChildrenWilliam James Cooper (1858-1938)
Elizabeth Ann (1860-1863)
Emily Tryphena (1862-1943)
Edith May (1868-1955)
James (1870-1953)
Annie Amenia Amelia (1873-1874)
Harry Jessop (1875-1948)
Jessie (1876-1961)
Walter Percival (1878-1913)
Daisy Olive (1882-1959)