Henry B. Ernst^{[1, 2]}

1863 - 1950  (87 years)

• Name	Henry B. Ernst
  Born	1863	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00007-0690.8
  Died	29 Mar 1950	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I12779	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	David Ernst,   b. 1835, , USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1916, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Bechtel,   b. 11 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1866, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F3516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Foell,   b. 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1950, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1887	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Clara Ernst,   b. 8 Apr 1889, Macton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 26 Jun 1933, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   2. Emma Ernst,   b. 16 Jan 1892, Macton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 23 Jan 1945, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   3. Matilda Ernst,   b. 4 Mar 1898, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1989  (Age 90 years)   4. Oscar Ernst,   b. 8 Jul 1900, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1901, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F3535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Ernst "is also a farmer and resides near his brother, Levi. He is married to Rachel Fell." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________________ HENRY ERNST Henry Ernst, 86, died Wednesday of last week at his home here. Born in Wellesley Township, he farmed near Macton for 50 years and had lived in Elmira the past 20 years. He was the son of the late David Ernst and the former Elena Bechtel. Besides his widow, the former Elizabeth Foell, he is survived by one daughter, Matilda, in Elmira; one brother and one sister. Three children predeceased him. Funeral was held Saturday, at 3 p.m. at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, with Rev. C. L. Mitchell of Gale Presbyterian Church in charge. Burial was in Elmira Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 205. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 658. [S172] Census - ON, Wellington, Peel - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 40 Household Number 169. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div 1, Page 60. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90278632.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1863 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Oct 1887 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Mar 1950 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth