Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Harold V. Ernst

Male 1897 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harold V. Ernst was born 11 Jul 1897, , Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95723
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Rank Ernst was born 1 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Ernst and Sophia Rank); died 1943; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ralph Ernst
    • Eby ID Number: 00033-2957.8
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, Dry Goods
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Samuel Ernst, "is one of our successful general merchants of the town of Berlin where he has been engaged in business for a number of years under the name of Ernst & Co. He is married to Freda Vorwerk and has a family of one son named Vorwerk."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Samuel — Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk. Fredericka was born 6 Mar 1871, , USA; died 27 Sep 1949; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk was born 6 Mar 1871, , USA; died 27 Sep 1949; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Ernst
    • Name: Frieda Vorwerk
    • Eby ID Number: 00033-2957.9
    • Immigration: 1888, , USA
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Vorwerk Ernst was born 16 Aug 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jan 1970; was buried , Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.
    2. 1. Harold V. Ernst was born 11 Jul 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Earl Ernst was born Jun 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Ernst was born 13 Feb 1826, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Heinrich "Henry" Ernst and Susannah Reist); died 24 Aug 1895; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00033-2957
    • Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; day labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Ernst, "is married to Sophia Rank. They reside at Crosshill, Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. No report received in regard to family."


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    John — Sophia Rank. Sophia (daughter of Ludwig Heinrich "Lewis" Rank and Katherine Friederika Bickel) was born 17 Dec 1838, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 10 Apr 1903; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sophia Rank was born 17 Dec 1838, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany (daughter of Ludwig Heinrich "Lewis" Rank and Katherine Friederika Bickel); died 10 Apr 1903; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sophia Ernst
    • Eby ID Number: 00033-2957.1
    • Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Catharine Ernst was born 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Louis Ernst was born 11 Apr 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Johann R. "John" Ernst was born 1 Jan 1864, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1903; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah Ernst was born Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died May 1866, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Mennonite Cemetery, Wellesley Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 2. Samuel Rank Ernst was born 1 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1943; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Sophia Ernst was born 25 Mar 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1871; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Mary Ann Ernst was born 2 Aug 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Nov 1871; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Sarah Ernst was born 8 Aug 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Joseph Ernst was born 30 Jun 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1874; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Josiah Ernst was born 31 Jul 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Dilman Ernst was born 10 Dec 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1876; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Lavina Ernst was born 1876, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. William Ernst was born 28 Jun 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. Louisa Ernst was born 23 Dec 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Heinrich "Henry" Ernst was born 24 Nov 1803, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 20 Oct 1878.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Henry Ernst
    • Eby ID Number: 00033-2956
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 074W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. E. N. S.
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Death: 20 Nov 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Henry Ernst, "a native of Pennsylvania, was born November 24th, 1803. He was married to Susannah Reist who was born January 4th, 1799, and died March 3rd, 1873. He followed farming and resided in different places of the county. He died November 20th, 1878. To them was born a family of seven children"

    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Heinrich — Susannah Reist. Susannah (daughter of John Reist and Susannah Huber) was born 4 Jan 1799, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 3 Mar 1873. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susannah Reist was born 4 Jan 1799, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of John Reist and Susannah Huber); died 3 Mar 1873.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susannah Ernst
    • Eby ID Number: 00090-5203
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; M. E. N. S.
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Susannah Reist, "the fifth member of John and Susannah (Huber) Reist's family, was born in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 4th, 1799. She was married to Henry Ernst who was born November 24th, 1803, and died October 20th, 1878. She died March 3rd, 1873. They had a family of seven children"


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. 4. John Ernst was born 13 Feb 1826, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Aug 1895; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry Ernst was born 28 Jun 1828; died 21 Jun 1846; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joseph Ernst was born 10 Jun 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1896, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Sarah Ernst was born 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Jacob Ernst was born 8 Mar 1835, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 1904; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. David Ernst was born 1835, , USA; died 2 Dec 1916, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Nancy Ernst was born 5 Feb 1837, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1908, Highland Township, Osceola Co., Michigan; was buried , Fairview Cemetery South, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
    8. Samuel Ernst was born 26 May 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Nov 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Ludwig Heinrich "Lewis" Rank was born 1800, , Germany; died 1 Nov 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lewis Rank
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227203
    • Residence: 1827, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Ludwig married Katherine Friederika Bickel 24 Jul 1827, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Katherine was born 1805, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Katherine Friederika Bickel was born 1805, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Katherine Friederika Rank
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227204
    • Residence: 1827, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Residence: 1852, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. John Rank was born 1830, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Jacob Rank was born 22 May 1831, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was christened 29 May 1831, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 10 Jul 1907, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Ludwig "Lewis" Rank was born 29 Jun 1834, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 5. Sophia Rank was born 17 Dec 1838, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 10 Apr 1903; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Peter Rank was born 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Catharina Rank was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.