Sydney Cole was born 27 May 1858 in Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia to James Cole (c1812-1885) and Mary Gutsell (1822-1892) and died 7 July 1949 Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ernest J Cole (1882-1921) | |||
| Edith Pearl Cole (1884-1936) | |||
| Sydney John Thomas Cole (1888-1949) | |||
| James Oliver L Cole (1891-1949) | |||
| Cecil Laurence Cole (1893-1965) | |||
| Elsie Evelyn Isabell Cole (1895-1965) | |||
| Ivy Gladys Cole (1898-1970) | |||
| Eric Leslie Cole (1901-1954) | |||
| Willis B Cole (1902-1930) | |||
Changes of surname by daughters:
- Edith Pearl Cole married Alexandros Firos in 1916
- Elsie Evelyn Isabell Cole married Stanley G Watts in 1918
- Ivy Gladys Cole married Sydney J Fitzgerald in 1925