Son of Peter Cole
Tipperary Ireland
Brother of William P and Bessie

Husband to:
H Millington, died in East Africa
Alice Mary Baxter, Sussex England which he married in 1886 (Usagara).

From the Church Missionary Society for Africa: At home Rev. Henry Cole Isl. 1879 (Usagara), Mrs. H. Cole. The Wagogo are likewise a Bantu tribe, of recent immigration to Uganda. They have possibly Masai elements in their make-up. They live to the west of the Sagala. Among them were at work in Kisokwe, in 1890, the Rev. Henry Cole,C.M.S. missionary at Mpwapwa, German East Africa, 1885-1907, and the Rev. John Edward Beverley, C.M.S. missionary at Shimba, Eastern Equatorial Africa, 1888-98. Both missionaries engaged in translational work. A Gogo hymn book was their joint work. It was published by the S.P.C.K. in 1896.

Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 6 April 1935
The Swing of the Pendulum - The Rev. Henry Cole, formerly a pioneer missionary East Africa, and later in charge of St. Peters, Baldslow gave an address entitled The Swing of the Pendulum in connection with the Protestant Reformation Society at St. Andrew’s Parish Room.

Copied from University of Birmingham, Special Collections:
Henry Cole (1846-1945) first went out to Mpwapwa in East Africa in 1879 as a lay missionary and agriculturalist. After returning to England for training he was ordained priest in 1890 by Bishop Tucker of the Eastern Equatorial Mission and took up a post in Kisokwe two years later. His language work included translations of some of the Madras Christian Vernacular Education Society publications into Swahili and a Kigogo hymn book. He carried on writing after his retirement to England on health grounds in 1905 and in 1924 'Children of the Dark Continent ' was published, a work based on his experiences and reminiscences of his work in Africa.
He married his first wife, H. Millington in 1881 and she became one of the first three missionary wives to live in an Eastern Equatorial mission. She died at Kisokwe in 1883. His second wife, Alice Mary Baxter, who he married in 1886 was the sister of his colleague Dr. E.J. Baxter, a medical missionary in Mpwapwa.
Henry Cole died in 1945 at St Leonards-on-Sea.
References: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905) and Register of missionaries additional List I 1804-1892

1911 England Census
name: Henry Cole
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Male
age: 61
birthplace: Thurles Resident, County Tipperary
record type: Household
registration district: Hastings
sub-district: St Mary Magdalen
parish: Hastings
county: Sussex
Spouse Alice Cole
Children Bessie
Birth abt 1850 - Thurles Resident, Tipperary

1891 England Census
name: Henry Cole
event: Census
event date: 1891
gender: Male
age: 41
relationship to head of household: Son In Law
birthplace: Ireland Co Tipperary
record type: Household
registration district: Uxbridge
sub-district: Hayes
ecclesiastical parish: St Johns
civil parish: Norwood
county: Middlesex
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town:Southall
County/Island:Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district:Uxbridge
ED, institution, or vessel:9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1022
Household Members:
Henry Phelps Baxter 64
Julia Malvina Baxter 63
Henretta J Baxter 43
Delvina M A Baxter 17
Alice M Baxter 26 Daughter to Baxter/Wife of Henry
Henry Cole 41 Occupation Clerk in Holy Orders
Bessie M Cole 3 Born :C Colony E.C. Africa Kisokive
Charles E Cole 11/12
Edith H C Ad Barter 10
Johanna I C Simmons 85
Hurbert H D Sharp 36
Hannah Elwell 43
Elizabeth A Carless 24
Sarah A Watson 19
Emily E Sanford 19

Henry Cole
England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007
Name: Henry Cole
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1945
Registration District: Hastings
County: Sussex
Event Place: Hastings, Sussex, England
Age (available after 1866): 95
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850
Volume: 2B
Page: 17
Line Number: 64