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

Samuel Rank Ernst[1, 2]

Male 1868 - 1943  (74 years)


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  • Name Samuel Rank Ernst 
    Born 1 Apr 1868  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Name Ralph Ernst 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Store Clerk 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    merchant 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Merchant, Dry Goods 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00033-2957.8 
    Died 1943  [7, 9
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Person ID I11853  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father John Ernst,   b. 13 Feb 1826, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1895  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Sophia Rank,   b. 17 Dec 1838, Obergimpern, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1903  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk,   b. 6 Mar 1871, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1949  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Vorwerk Ernst,   b. 16 Aug 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1970  (Age 77 years)
     2. Harold V. Ernst,   b. 11 Jul 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Earl Ernst,   b. Jun 1902, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F24688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • 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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      In Loving Memory Of/ Fredericka Vorwerk/ Beloved Wife Of/ Samuel R. Ernst/ 1871-1949/ At Rest

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div 1 Page 45 Family 195.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 page 14.

    5. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 5.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 12.

    7. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      In Loving Memory Of/ Samuel R. Ernst/ 1868-1943/ At Rest

    8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 65.

    9. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link .
      In Loving Memory Of/ Samuel R. Ernst/ 1868-1943/ At Rest.

    10. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, A-2 page 14.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Apr 1868 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Clerk - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant, Dry Goods - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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