Cole, Robert Hodgson

Robert Hodgson Cole, 1858-1939


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Robert Hodgson Cole: Profile Biography Research Notes

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Columns:	R [Role]; S [Sources].

Roles:	= Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
	= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
	= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.

Abbreviations:	BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
	GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
	FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.

Appointments:	= Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
	= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
	British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.

Sources (S, S1, S2):	= Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
	= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
	= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.

Other Symbols:	= External link.

Dates:	Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
	"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.

Unconfirmed:	All text in magenta is unconfirmed.

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Life Events

Born:	2 September 1858	West Cloven Hills Station, Cloven Hills (near Camperdown), Colony of Victoria [01] [02].
Married:	11 August 1885	Elsternwick Presbyterian Church, Elsternwick, Colony of Victoria, to Helen Hemsley Hake [1864-1937] [03] [04].
Died:	29 December 1939	Private hospital, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, aged 81 years [05] [06] [07].
Buried:	30 December 1939	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Compartment UU, No 0398A] [08] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
		1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923
	Gold Warden:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
		1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
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References

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Notes
01⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Birth Certificate B1858-012828.
02⇑	Date from Public Service lists.
03⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1885-006608.
04⇑	Marriages - Cole-Hake; The Argus (Melbourne), 18 August 1885, p 1 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
05⇑	An alternate death notice has 28 December, but newspaper obituaries also have 29th.
06⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1939-018727.
07⇑	Deaths - Cole; The Age (Melbourne), 30 December 1939, p 5 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
08⇑	Correspondence from Melbourne General Cemetery.
09⇑	Dr Robert Hodgson Cole [Find a Grave; 21 March 2023].
10⇑	Funeral Notices - Cole; The Age (Melbourne), 30 December 1939, p 5 [Trove; 21 March 2023].

Further Reading

Profile:

The Cole Family of West Cloven Hills - Robert Hodgson Cole; in: Alexander Henderson; Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina: A Genealogical and Biographical Record; McCarron Bird & Co, Melbourne, 1936; p 319.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-01-02	Life Events updated and references added.