When Dr. Howard William Ernst M.D. was born on 3 May 1900, in Republic, Ferry, Washington, United States, his father, Orin William Ernst, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Kasher, was 31. He married Ada Winnifred Scriven on 13 August 1927, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in West Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1910 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 April 1954, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Erwin, Kurt, Heinz, Helmut, Manfred, Reinhold, Ulrich, Fritz, Gunter, Hans, Heinrich.
German, Dutch, and Danish: from the personal name Ernst, which is most probably a byname from Middle High German and Middle Dutch ern(e)st ‘combat, serious business’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, and Czechia.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from German ernst ‘earnest, serious’. Compare Ernest .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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