The Ernst surname group is open to all who this surname or any variant in their family tree, to connect and be supportive in genealogical research. 

Our surname group began focusing on three Ernst cousins; descendants of August Ferdinand Ernst, who was born on 22 August 1805 in Blumenthal, near Landsberg, Prussia. He immigrated arriving on 10 November 1851, on the ship, Oder, to NYC from Hamburg, Germany, with his wife and two children. They settled near Cedarburg, Wisconsin.