Notes:

Birth:
WWII Draft index lists his birth as 1896

Died:
He had other chilldren from a previous marriage

Ernest married Lydia Emma Bast. Lydia (daughter of Richard Carl Gustav Bast and Mathilda A. Hauth) was born 28 Mar 1900, Sundown Township, Redwood, Minnesota, USA; died 2 May 1975. [Group Sheet]