Ellis, Bernard Edward Trotter (1884-c. 1970), an architect active in Toronto from 1913 to 1922, and partner in the Toronto firm of Ellis, Oburn & Ellis from 1923 to 1929, and as Ellis & Ellis, Architects from 1930 to 1934. During this period, Bernard E.T. Ellis lived in Oakville, Ont., and he obtained several architectural commissions in that town. Born in Worksop, Co. Nottingham, England on 30 March 1884, he attended Wesley College in Sheffield in 1897 to 1902, and studied architecture at Birmingham Technical School from 1903 to 1908. After serving an apprenticeship in York, England, he emigrated to Canada and opened an office in Toronto in 1913. He later joined the Ontario Association of Architects and remained as a member until 1945 when he retired. His business partners in Toronto included a ´Mr. Oburn’, and Stanley Ellis. No information has been found on his activity after 1945 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects, Toronto).
Bernard E.T. ELLIS (works in Toronto unless noted)
ATKINS AUTO GARAGE & LIVERY, St. Clair Avenue West near Elmwood Avenue, 1920 (City of Toronto b.p. 33251, 6 Aug. 1920)
BURLINGTON, ONT., residence for A. Winser, Lake Shore Road, c. 1940 (Building in Canada - Small Homes, 1944, 51, illus. & descrip.)
ELLIS, OBURN & ELLIS
PINE CRESCENT, north of Queen Street East, near Glen Stewart Ravine, residence for W.J. Crabbe, 1920 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 2045)
ST. CLAIR RECREATION CLUB, Dufferin Street, south of St. Clair Avenue West, 1923 (City of Toronto b.p. 57307, 10 Jan. 1923; C.R., xxxvii, 7 March 1923, 98)
TEDDINGTON PARK BOULEVARD, at Yonge street, store and apartment for Biagio Amodeo, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 25 April 1928, 56)