Samuel Rank Ernst

Samuel Rank Ernst

Samuel Rank Ernst, 1867-1843

• Father: John Ernst b. 13 February 1826, d. 24 August 1895
• Mother: Sophia Rank b. 17 December 1838, d. 10 April 1903

• Samuel Rank Ernst was born on 1 April 1867 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Canada West (later Ontario).
• John Ernst and Sophia Rank appeared in the 2 April 1871 first national census of Canada in Wilmot, Waterloo South, Ontario, Canada. Other members of the household included Samuel Rank Ernst, Catherine Ernst, Louis Ernst and John R. Ernst.
• John Ernst and Sophia Rank appeared in the 4 April 1881 census of Canada in Wilmot, Ontario, Canada, enumerated near the household of John's brother Jacob Ernst.. Other members of the household included Samuel Rank Ernst, John R. Ernst, Catherine Ernst and Lovina Ernst.
• John P. Rank and Samuel Rank Ernst appeared in the 1888 Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory at 501 4th Avenue NE listed as Rank & Ernst (John Rank Jr and Samuel Ernst), grocers..
• According to the 1888 Minneapolis City Directory, Rank & Ernst grocers, at 501 NE 4th, was just a block away from Vorwerk family grocers at 332 NE 5th.
• He married Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk, daughter of Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk and Johanna Faber, on 8 May 1889 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by license issued the same, with Kingsley F. Norris, MG, officiating. The marriage was witnessed by Louis Vorwerk and Edwin A. Cadwell.
• Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk appeared in the 6 April 1891 census of Canada in Berlin, Waterloo North, Ontario, Canada.
• He was employed as a clerk in a store, according to the 1891 census.
• Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk appeared in the 31 March 1901 census of Canada in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. Other members of the household included Vorwerk Ernst and Harold Victor Ernst.
• He was a merchant, according to the 1901 census.
• A photograph of the Ernst family's 19 Roy Street residence was made about 1908. On the porch, Freda Ernst, Edwin Cadwell and his wife Eliza, Freda's sister. Also present, left to right, are Freda's sons Harold, Earl, and Vorwerk with his bicycle.
• Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk appeared in the 1 June 1911 census of Canada in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, at 19 Roy Street. Other members of the household included Vorwerk Ernst, Harold Victor Ernst and Earl Eugene Ernst.
• He was self-employed as a drygoods merchant, according to the 1911 census.
• Left to right, appearing in the photograph taken on the occasion of the August 1916 wedding of Vorwerk Ernst and Midge Oelschlager, are Vor's mother Freda Ernst, his brother Harold, Berlin Mayor W. H. Schmalz, Midge's aunt Emily Duck McFarlane, groom Vorwerk Ernst, Midge's aunt (and wife of the mayor) Eleanora "Lolly" Oelschlager Schmalz, bride Catharine "Midge" Oelschlager Ernst, Midge's mother Lily Duck Oelschlager, Vor's father Sam Ernst, his brother Earl, and in front, his young cousins Martha and Bernice McFarlane.
• The following appeared on 23 June 1938 in the Gospel Herald: Louis Ernst passed away suddenly at the Kitchener and Waterloo Hospital, late on Friday afternoon, May 27, 1938; aged 78 y. 1 m. 16 d. He had been about in his usual health until a few hours previous to his sudden and unexpected death. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst and was born in Wilmot Twp., a few miles north of Baden on April 11, 1860. After his marriage to Lydia Rickert who predeceased him 20 years ago, he farmed for many years near Kitchener, retiring from active farming about 20 years ago. He has resided in this city for the past 45 years. He was a life-long member of the Mennonite Church, and interested in her welfare. He is survived by his second wife, 2 daughters (Mrs. George Uhrig and Miss Lillie Ernst both of Kitchener), 3 sons (Ephraim and Milton of Kitchener and Alton of Preston), 1 brother (Samuel Ernst of Kitchener), 2 sisters (Mrs. William Reamer of Drayton, and Mrs. William Martin of Millbank), 20 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. The services were conducted by Bros. C.F. Derstine, and O. Burkholder. Themes, "The Living Hope," and "Exaltation by God."
• A family photograph was made at Sam and Freda Ernst's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. Pictured are Harold, Sam, Vorwerk, Freda and Earl Ernst.
• Sam Ernst was caught in a shapshot hefting a pumpkin.
• Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk became a widow at his death.
• Samuel Rank Ernst died in 1943.
• He was interred at Protestant Mausoleum 24-B, Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.

• Last Edited: 11 Mar 2016