Ezra Wellington Trask

1871 - 1949  (78 years)

• Name	Ezra Wellington Trask
  Born	28 Feb 1871	Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario
  Military	1889
  	Paymaster for 30th Regiment, Wellington Rifles
  Elected Office	1915	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Kitchener Council
  Business	1918	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Trask's Green Houses
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187569885
  Residence	1935	218 Lancaster St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1945	6 Krug St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		6 Krug Street, Kitchener, Ontario Photo of the house, but most likely not of the Trask family
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-176621P
  Died	8 Jul 1949	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I176621	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Simeon Brock Trask,   b. 30 Oct 1831, Merriott, Somerset, England ,   d. 25 Dec 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Ivy Tyack,   b. Abt 1841, , England ,   d. 16 Aug 1896, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F50906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edith Annette "Nettie" "Ida" Schade,   b. 15 May 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1918	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F50905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Caroline "Carrie" Mattell,   b. 13 Jan 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1898	Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F50904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ezra Wellington Trask, 78, of 6 Krug St., passed away at his home yesterday after a brief illness. A native of Drayton, and a son of the late Simon Trask and Mary Tyack. Mr. Trask was a member of the Masonic order, in Saskatchewan. He ardent Joining, lawn bowler and curler. His wife, the former Nellie Schade, survives; also one brother, Guy, of Stratford. A public service will be held at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home at: 3:30 p.m. Monday with Rev. Mr. Gardner of Drayton officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Hope. Cemetery. The body is resting at the funeral home. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Jul 9, 1949 Page 5 __________________ THE LATE MR. EZRA TRASK. It was with regret that relatives and friends here learned that a native of this district, Mr. Ezra W. Trask, died at his home in Kitchener, last Friday, July 8th, after a brief illness. He was in his 79th year. His parents were the late Simeon Trask and Mary Tyack. The Trask family homestead on the 10th Maryborough just west of Drayton is now owned by Mr. Carl Groshaw. Mr. E. W. Trask farmed for a time on the 12th Maryborough and before the days of the motor car conducted a flourishing livery stable in Drayton. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he joined in Western Canada. He was an ardent lawn bowler and curler. His wife, the former Nettie Schade, survives, along with one brother, Guy, of Stratford, who was in Vancouver on hearing of his brother's death and came east by plane. A sister (Clara) Mrs. Emerson G. Henry of Drayton, and two brothers, Oliver of Western Canada, and Emes of Ohio, predeceased him. Sympathy goes out to and survivors. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon at the Schreiter-Sandrock funeral home at 3:30 p.m., with Rev. A. F. Gardner, pastor of the Drayton United Church, officiating. Interment was in Mount Hope cemetery. Drayton Advocate July 14, 1949, page 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187569885/ezra-wellington-trask.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Feb 1871 - Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Birth - - Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Married - 4 Oct 1898 - Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Elected Office - councillor - Kitchener Council - 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Trask's Green Houses - 1918 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Jun 1918 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Jul 1949 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth