Louis Ernst, b. 17 Jul 1825 in Zinsheim (Sinsheim), Baden, Germany, d. 3 Apr 1892 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. He married Barbara Hettinger in 1848 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Louis J. Ernst, b. 4 May 1849 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, d. 4 Feb 1924 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, son of Louis Ernst & Barbara Hettinger. He married Josephine B. Diebolt on August 18, 1880.