THE GENEALOGY

THE ERNST/EARNEST/ERNEST FAMILY

FROM HANS NICLAS ERNST(ca. 1595)

Related Surnames:

Adamson, Alliston, Apple, Batram, Bergdorf, Bickhart, Collins, Cornelius, Coulter, Doyle, Eby, Egin, Eisenhower, Erb, Fitzgerald, Frantz, Furman, Gamberling, Gilbert, Gray, Graybill, Havice, Hennig, Hess, Hill, Hood, Hook, Ide, Hummel, Irvin, Knepp, Kratzer, Leonard, McMinn, McNulty, Myers, Narehood, Nicoletti, Pfattheicher, Rearick, Reigel, Rhamstine, Rimmey, Rudy, Rutherford, Searer, Sheperd, Showalter, Selvin, Smith, Snook, Snyder, Swartz, Ulsh, Wagner, Walter, Yoshioka, Zeiders. Zimmerman

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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY

The family originates in Germany before the migration to America in the 1700's. Most of the early links are in southeast and central Pennsylvania. Later the family spread throughout most of the United States. As the gaps are filled in the extensive range of this remarkable family will emerge.

Presumed Lineage of Hans Niclas Ernst

... 1   Hans Niclas Ernst 1595 - 1676
...   +Eva
...... 2   Johann Matthia Ernst 1640 - 1676
............ +Anna Catharina Frantz
.............. 3   Jacob Christoph Ernst 1671 -
.................... +Anna Catharina Egin
...................... 4   Johann Conrad Ernst 1706 - 1790
............................ +Ann Susanna Pfattheicher 1709 - 1732/33
.............................. 5   Johann Jacob Ernst 1733 - 1775
.................................... +Anna Catharina 1739 -
...................................... 6   Jacob Ernst 1763 - 1831
............................................ +Susanna Philippina Hennig 1764 - 1834
............................................... 7   Elizabeth Earnest 1800 -
............................................... 7   Jacob Earnest 1805 - 1870
.................................................... +Sarah Ann Batram 1811 - 1870
....................................................... 8   John T. Earnest 1824 - 1911
............................................................. +Rachael M. Reigel 1832 - 1915
............................................................... 9   Catherine Elizabeth Ernest 1852 - 1935
..................................................................... +J. Wilson Swartz
....................................................................... 10   Margret Swartz 1872 -
............................................................................. +Dutch Graybill
....................................................................... 10   William Swartz 1876 - 1963
....................................................................... 10   Blanch Swartz 1875 - 1965
............................................................................. +Harry Hummel
............................................................................... 11   Robert Hummel 1909 - 1973
........................................................................................ 12   Philip Hummel 1929 -
............................................................... 9   Mary Earnest 1854 -
..................................................................... +Samuel Erb
....................................................................... 10   Bessie V. Erb
............................................................... 9   Sarah Ann "Sadie" Ernest 1856 - 1943
..................................................................... +Unknown Emert
............................................................... *2nd Husband of Sarah Ann "Sadie" Ernest:
..................................................................... +Robert Bickhart 1856 -
................................................................... 10   Infant Bickhart 1879 - 1879
................................................................... 10   Katherine "Kate" Bickhart 1882 -
....................................................................... *1st Husb. of Katherine "Kate" Bickhart:
............................................................................. +John Zimmerman
............................................................................... 11   Ruth Zimmerman 1901 - 1981
..................................................................................... +Dewey George Hood 1898 -
........................................................................................ 12   Edna Hood
........................................................................................ 12   John C. Hood 1919 - 1992
............................................................................................. +June I. Kratzer
........................................................................................ 12   Stanley Hood
........................................................................................ 12   Raymond Hood
........................................................................................ 12   Donald Hood
........................................................................................ 12   Ralph Hood
........................................................................................ 12   Edward D. Hood 1920 -
............................................................................................. +Betty L.Graver
........................................................................................ 12   Elinore Hood 1937 - 1942
........................................................................................ 12   Raymond Hood
........................................................................................ 12   Ralph Hood
......................................................................*2nd Husb. of Katherine "Kate" Bickhart:
.......................................................................................... +Daniel W. Walter
............................................................................... 11   Anna M. Walter 1918 -
..................................................................................... +Raymond Gilbert
............................................................................... 11   Blanch Walter
..................................................................................... +Robert Gamberling
............................................................................... *2nd Husband of Blanch Walter:
..................................................................................... +Paul Doyle
............................................................................... 11   Carrie Walter
..................................................................................... +Paul Fitzgerald
............................................................................... 11   Edith Walter
............................................................................... 11   Edna Walter
............................................................................... 11   Eva Walter
............................................................................... 11   Florence Walter
............................................................................... 11   Gladys Walter
..................................................................................... +Albert Searer
............................................................................... 11   Homer Walter 1908 - 1954
............................................................................... 11   Miriam Walter
..................................................................................... +Charles Showalter
............................................................................... 11   Paul Walter
............................................................................... 11   Sherman C. Walter 1906 - 1968
............................................................................. 11   Clark Daniel (Twin) Walter - 1992
..................................................................................... +Ruth Edna Hook
........................................................................................ 12   Guy Daniel Walter
............................................................................................. +Janet Kline
............................................................................... 11   Howard (Twin) Walter
............................................................................... 11   Clair Robert Walter 1925 - 1980
..................................................................................... +Roselee Unknown
........................................................................................ 12   Kathryn Walter
........................................................................................ 12   Jeanne Walter
........................................................................................ 12   Frances Walter
........................................................................................ 12   Edna Walter
........................................................................................ 12   Daniel Walter
........................................................................................ 12   John Walter
....................................................................... 10   Charles Luther Bickhart 1884 - 1936
............................................................................. +Elsie M.Ulsh 1896 - 1992
............................................................................... 11   Margaret B. Bickhart
..................................................................................... +Richard Havice
........................................................................... *2nd Husband of Margaret B. Bickhart:
..................................................................................... +Lawrence Ide
........................................................................................ 12   Pamela Ide
............................................................................................. +Unk Dollfus
............................................................................... 11   Charles William Bickhart
..................................................................................... +Mary E. Rimmey
........................................................................................ 12   Sherry Bickhart
............................................................................................. +Alan McDonald
............................................................................... 11   Joseph E. Bickhart
..................................................................................... +Ethel N.Boyles
........................................................................................ 12   Barbara Bickhart
........................................................................................ 12   Carol Bickhart
....................................................................... 10   George A.Bickhart 1888 - 1930
............................................................................. +Elizabeth Comp 1893 - 1969
........................................................................... 11   Susan "Susie" A. Bickhart - 1997
..................................................................................... +Unknown Wagner
............................................................................... 11   Charles W. Bickhart 1916 - 1917
............................................................................... 11   George W. Bickhart, Sr. - 1997
..................................................................................... +Virginia M.Hess 1922 - 1996
........................................................................................ 12   Madeline Bickhart
............................................................................................. +Arthur Huffnagle
........................................................................................ 12   George W. Bickhart, Jr.
........................................................................................ 12   Ronald E. Bickhart
........................................................................................ 12   Virginia Bickhart
............................................................................... 11   Anna E. Bickhart
..................................................................................... +Earl Zeiders
............................................................................... 11   Ida C. Bickhart 1922 - 1990
..................................................................................... +Charles " Barney " McMinn
........................................................................................ 12   Charles M. McMinn
........................................................................................ 12   Alfred L. McMinn
........................................................................................ 12   Linda McMinn
............................................................................................. +Paul Tassa
............................................................................... 11   Rachel M. Bickhart
..................................................................................... +Harvey Eby, Jr.
............................................................................... 11   Ralph E. Bickhart
............................................................................... 11   Lloyd L. Bickhart
....................................................................... 10   [2] Robert Roy Bickhart 1889 - 1966
............................................................................. +[1] Evelyn S. Ernest 1902 - 1973
............................................................... 9   William Earnest 1858 - 1859
............................................................... 9   Emma Ernest 1860 -
............................................................... 9   Jacob Ernest 1861 -
............................................................... 9   James Anderson Ernest 1862 - 1941
..................................................................... +Margret Francis Myers 1870 - 1925
....................................................................... 10   Girl   Stillborn Ernest
....................................................................... 10   E. Mae Ernest 1897 - 1973
....................................................................... 10   John Ernest 1899 - 1913
............................................................................. +Eva Snyder
............................................................................... 11   Mildred Geradine Ernest
....................................................................... 10   William N. Ernest
............................................................................. +N. Emma Reams March - 1972
............................................................................... 11   Velva Ernest
............................................................................... 11   William Ernest
............................................................................... 11   Nora Ernest
............................................................................... 11   Winona Ernest
....................................................................... 10   [1] Evelyn S. Ernest 1902 - 1973
............................................................................. +[2] Robert Roy Bickhart 1889 - 1966
....................................................................... 10   Rachel Ernest
....................................................................... 10   Naomi Ernest
....................................................................... 10   James Guy Ernest 1909 - 1980
............................................................................. +Wyn Hollier
............................................................................ 11   James Owen Ernest 1944 - 1994
..................................................................................... +Marge Unk
........................................................................................ 12   Anna Christina Ernest
........................................................................................ 12   Elin Jeanette Ernest
........................................................................................ 12   James Andrew Ernest
............................................................................... 11   Carol Wyn Ernest
..................................................................................... + Allan Rutherford
........................................................................................ 12   Mary Kate Rutherford
........................................................................................ 12   Robert Allan Rutherford
...................................................................................... 12   Matthew James Rutherford
............................................................................... 11   Evan Gene Ernest
............................................................... 9   Laura Clara Ernest 1868 - 1939
..................................................................... +Wesley Narehood
............................................................... *2nd Husband of Laura Clara Ernest:
..................................................................... +James Snook - 1940
............................................................... 9   Homer Bingaman Ernest 1870 - 1952
..................................................................... +Mary Phoebe Wagner 1878 - 1957
....................................................................... 10   John E. Ernest 1903 -
....................................................................... 10   Clarence E. Ernest 1915 - 1958
....................................................................... 10   Mary Ernest
............................................................... 9   Emory Foster Ernest 1872 - 1919
..................................................................... +Julia Ann Gray 1876 - 1946
....................................................................... 10   William Howard Earnest 1909 - 1913
....................................................................... 10   John Gray Ernest 1905 - 1949
............................................................................. +Ebba Winona Unk
............................................................................... 11   Robert Allen Ernest
..................................................................................... +Nancy
........................................................................... *2nd Wife of John Gray Ernest:
............................................................................. +Marie
....................................................................... 10   Mary Grace Ernest 1906 - 1993
............................................................................. +Marvin Shepherd
............................................................................... 11   John Shepherd
..................................................................................... +Martha
........................................................................................ 12   David Shepherd
............................................................................................. +Sandy
........................................................................................ 12   John Shepherd
........................................................................................ 12   Angella Shepherd
............................................................................................. +Thomas Yoshioka
....................................................................... 10   Mildred Violet Ernest 1912 - 2001
............................................................................. +Max Irving Rhamstine 1907 - 1979
............................................................................... 11   Ernest Lee Rhamstine
..................................................................................... +Chloe Elizabeth Collins
........................................................................................ 12   Scott Collins Rhamstine
............................................................................................. +Sandy Adamson
........................................................................................ 12   Jennifer Lee Rhamstine
............................................................................................. +James Douglas Hill
............................................................................... *2nd Wife of Ernest Lee Rhamstine:
..................................................................................... +Elizabeth Margaret McNulty
............................................................................... 11   Thomas Edward Rhamstine
..................................................................................... +Barbara Ann Alliston
........................................................................................ 12   Tiffany Diane Rhamstine
........................................................................................ 12   Timothy Jason Rhamstine
............................................................................................. +Valeria Slevin
............................................................... 9   Charles Warren Ernest 1875 -
..................................................................... +Annie N. Eisenhower
....................................................................... 10   Earl Randell Ernest 1901 - 1983
............................................................................. +Annie Martha Apple - 1960
....................................................................... 10   Charles Ernest
....................................................................... 10   Miriam Ernest
............................................................................. +Guy Furhman
............................................................................... 11   Anna Katherine Furhman
....................................................................... 10   Emily Ernest
............................................................................. +unk Rearick
....................................................... 8   Phoebe Susanna Ernest 1826 - 1910
............................................................. +James M. Leonard 1823 - 1895
............................................................... 9   William A. Leonard 1848 - 1925
............................................................... 9   Sara Leonard 1849 - 1929
............................................................... 9   Ernest Leonard 1850 - 1928
............................................................... 9   Eva Leonard
............................................................... 9 Joseph Leonard
....................................................... 8   George William Ernest 1827 - 1897
............................................................. +Rosann Irvin
....................................................... *2nd Wife of George William Ernest:
............................................................. +Catherine Cornelius
....................................................... 8 Peter Ernest 1829 -
....................................................... 8   Mary Ann Ernest 1830 - 1919
............................................................. +Thomas Coulter
............................................................... 9   Ida Coulter
..................................................................... +unk Smith
............................................................... 9   Selina Coulter
............................................................... 9   David Coulter
............................................................... 9   Samuel Coulter
....................................................... 8   Catherine Ernest 1832 -
....................................................... 8   Aliza Jane Ernest 1833 -
....................................................... 8   William Ernest 1835 -
............................................................. +Sarah
....................................................... 8   Margaret Ernest 1837 -
....................................................... 8   Sarah Elizabeth Ernest 1839 - 1939
............................................................. +Daniel Rudy
....................................................... 8   Nancy Ernest 1841 - 1910
............................................................. +James Knepp
............................................................... 9   Jacob Earnest Knepp
....................................................... 8   Samuel Ernest 1843 -
....................................................... 8   Emoretta (Emma) Ernest 1844 - 1864
............................................................. +? Hess
....................................................... 8   James Ernest 1847 -
............................................... 7   Anna Maria Earnest 1805 -
.................................................... +John Shearer 1801 - 1875
....................................................... 8   Anna Catharine Shearer
....................................................... 8   Mary Ann Shearer 1826 -
....................................................... 8   Jacob E. Shearer 1831 -
....................................................... 8   Susanna Phoebe Shearer 1833 -
....................................................... 8   John Shearer 1838 -
....................................................... 8   Henry Shearer 1840 -
....................................................... 8   Samuel Shearer 1842 -
............................................... 7   George Earnest 1806 -
...................................... 6   Catarina Elisabeth Ernst
...................................... 6   George Ernst
...................................... 6   Susanna Catharine Ernst
...................................... 6   John Ernst 1762 -
.............................. 5   George Martin Ernst 1735 -
.............................. 5   Susanna Catherian Ernst 1742 -
.............................. 5   John Paul Ernst 1746 -
.................................... +Maria Catherine Stauch

This like any genealogy is the cooperative effort of many diligent researchers. Several of those who deserve special note: Laura Kline, Dale Leppard, Edith Patsko, David Ernest, Gary Baylor and Holly Johnson. My apologies to those omitted in this edition.

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