Vorwerk Ernst

M, b. 16 August 1892, d. 25 January 1970
Vorwerk Ernst|b. 16 Aug 1892\nd. 25 Jan 1970|p1025.htm|Samuel Rank Ernst|b. 1 Apr 1868\nd. 1943|p1018.htm|Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk|b. 6 Mar 1871\nd. 27 Sep 1949|p1017.htm|||||||Ludwig W. P. F. Vorwerk|b. 20 Jun 1832\nd. 21 May 1887|p1009.htm|Johanna Faber|b. c 1833\nd. 5 Sep 1885|p1010.htm|

Vorwerk Ernst, 1892-1970

  • Vorwerk Ernst was born on 16 August 1892 in Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • He was the son of Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk.
  • He was enumerated in the British census of 31 March 1901 in the household of Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk at Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.
  • A photograph of the Earnst family's 19 Roy Street residence was made about 1908. On the porch, Freda Ernst, ?? Cadwell and his wife Eliza, Freda's sister. Also present, left to right, are Freda's sons Harold, Earl, and Vorwerk with his bicycle.
  • He and Harold Victor Ernst and Earl Eugene Ernst were enumerated in the 1 June 1911 census of Canada in the household of Samuel Rank Ernst and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, at 19 Roy Street.
  • He was employed as a drygoods clerk, presumably by his father.
  • He married Catharine Louise Oelschlager, daughter of Alfred Oelschlager and Lily Duck, on 9 August 1916 in Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, with Rev. J. R. Mann officiating. The marriage was witnessed by Harold Ernst of Berlin and Lulu M. Darling of Port Elgin..
  • He was employed as a clerk at the time of his marriage.
  • Left to right, appearing in the photograph taken on the occasion of the August 1916 wedding of Vor Ernst and Midge Oelschlager, are Freda Ernst, Harold Ernst, Berlin Mayor W. H. Schmalz, Emily Duck McFarlane (who?), Vorwerk Ernst, Eleanora "Lolly" Oelschlager Schmalz, Catharine "Midge" Oelschlager Ernst, Lily Oelschlager Duck, Sam Ernst, Earl Ernst, and in front, Martha and Bernice McFarlane (who?).
  • A family photograph was made at Sam and Freda Ernst's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. Pictured are Harold, Sam, Vorwerk, Freda and Earl Ernst.
  • Vorwerk Ernst died on 25 January 1970 at age 77.
  • He was buried at Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
  • Last Edited: 11 Sep 2009

Family: Catharine Louise Oelschlager b. 16 Feb 1893, d. Sep 1967

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