1901 census
68 The Grove Bedford
Sarah Wooding head widow 63 b Northants Blington
Hubert T Cole son in law marr 30 Commercial traveller timber b Thaxted Essex
Mary E Cole dau marr 30 b Bedford
Hubert J Cole grandson 7mths b Bedford
Florence E Sykes single mother's help b Thurleigh Beds (see below)

Herbert Thomas Cole m Mary Elizabeth Wooding BEdford June quarter 1899

Mary Elizabeth Cole age 37 died at Bedford June quarter 1908

Herbert Thomas Cole married Florence Elizabeth Sykes at Bedford Sept quarter 1909

Herbert Thomas Cole of 147 Howbury St, Bedford died on 23 Dec 1931. His wife Florence Elizabeth Cole was one of the executors

They show in the 1911 index without a problem Herbert Thomas Cole 40, Florence Elizabeth Cole 30; Herbert James Cole 10; Katharine Mary Cole 8; Lily Butlin Cole 7; Alice Elizabeth Cole 2 mths