Greg,
I can add a few details (and perhaps some confusion) for William Trask & Annie Elva Brown:
(1) Detroit Border Crossing records show:
Aug 8, 1925
William Trask - age 32, b (Pontypridd?), Wales
Sep 26, 1925
Mrs. Anna E. Trask - age 26, b Joggins Mines
Earl W. Trask - age 5, b Joggins Mines
Hilda Racheal Trask - age 2, b Joggins Mines
Chas. Clifford Trask - age 5 mos., b Joggins Mines
This gives middle names for their children and improves on Clifford's birth date.
(2) The border crossing doc. suggests that William Trask was born about 1893. FreeBMD lists several William Trasks registered 1893 +/- 2yrs., but only one in Pontypridd:
William Trask - birth reg. in Oct/Nov/Dec 1892 in Pontypridd
(3) 1901 census for Wales lists two possibilities for William Trask:
William Trask (10), s/o James & Susan - Pontypool, Monmouthshire
William Trask (10), s/o Edward & Susannah - Pontnewydd, Monmouthshire
There is a death reg. in Joggins for James Trask, born England, d 1936 ae 76 yrs.
& a marr. reg. for Mary Jane Trask, res of Joggins, d/o James Trask & Sarah Ann Rheese
Could William's parents be James Trask & Sarah Ann Rheese?
(4) William "may have" died on 11-Jan-1972 (but his birth date in his death reg. conflicts with FreeBMD above). Michigan Death Index lists:
William G. Trask, res of New Baltimore, Macomb, Michigan, b 5 Jan 1993 (sic), d 11 Jan 1972 in Harrison, Macomb, Michigan.
(5) Annie listed herself as Annie Distelrath when she applied for her birth registration in 1958.
Gerry
--- On Wed, 1/26/11, GREG BROWN <browngreg_joy@...> wrote:
From: GREG BROWN <browngreg_joy@...>
Subject: [nscumber] William & Annie Trask
To: nscumber@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 7:03 PM
Annie - daughter of George E Brown and Edith Mae McWhitter
1930 Census of Hamtramck City, Wayne County, Michigan
District 940, House Number 2341, Family Number 265
Trask, William, head, rented home, monthy rent $30; age 37; married at age 28;
born England; mother-father born England;
came to US - 1925; Inspector in Auto Factory
Trask, Anna, wife, age 29, married at age 18, born Canada, mother-father born
Canada; came to US 1925
Trask, Earl, son, age 10, born Canada, father born England, mother born Canada,
came to US 1925
Trask, Hilda, daughter, age 7, born Canada, father born England, Mother born
Canada, came to US 1925
Trask, Clifford, son, age 5, born Canada, father born England, Mother born
Canada, came to US 1925
Collected by Greg Brown
Jan 26, 2011
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