Lillie Rose Ernst (1870 - 1943)

Born 14 Sep 1870 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died 6 Dec 1943 at age 73 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Biography

Lillie was a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent of St. Louis, Missouri schools. Some accounts claim that she was the first woman high school principal in the United States and that she was demoted from her position as assistant superintendent of schools because she was female. She was also a involved with a group of St. Louis artists known as The Potters.

Lillie Rose Ernst was born on 14 September 1870 in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents were Gustav Ernst and Johanna Ficke.^[1]

Lillie was the retired principal of Ben Blewett High School in St. Louis. She resided at 6058 Kingsbury Avenue with her sisters. She did not marry.^[1]

Death

Lillie died from cancer at age 73 on 6 December 1943 at her residence in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. She was buried on 8 December at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.^[1]

1930 US Census
6058 Kingsbury Ave,ED 240, St Louis, MO, USA
Lillie R Ernst head, f, 59, Asst Super Pub Schl
Minnie E Ernst, sister, f ,72, none
Alice B, sister, f, 68, teacher
Flora H, sister, f, 70, none
Lees Katherine, sister, f, 70, widow

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1968. "Lillie R. Ernst," 1870-1943, St. Louis City. https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1943/1943_00039742.PDF : 2 February 2020.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FK-DQB : 16 August 2017), Lillie Ernst in household of Gustavas Ernst, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 61, sheet 457D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,720.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NS-SQ6 : 16 August 2017), Lilia Ernst in household of Gustav Ernst, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 491A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,729.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DQ-JWW : accessed 2 February 2020), Lillie Ernst in household of Johanna Ernst, Precinct 6 St. Louis city Ward 19, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 290, sheet 8A, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,897.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M21Y-LS7 : accessed 2 February 2020), Lillie R Ernst in household of Abbie L Paige, St Louis Ward 23, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 361, sheet 15A, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 821; FHL microfilm 1,374,834.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-L12B : 16 March 2018), Lillie R Ernst, 1914; citing Passport Application, Missouri, United States, source certificate #34482, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 216, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8ZV-PNP : accessed 2 February 2020), Lillie R Ernst, St Louis Ward 28, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing ED 573, sheet 1B, line 91, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 953; FHL microfilm 1,820,953.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHVQ-JWT : accessed 2 February 2020), Lillie R Ernst, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 240, sheet 1B, line 97, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1245; FHL microfilm 2,340,980.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HV-RS7 : 28 July 2019), Lilly R Ernst, Ward 28, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-740, sheet 6B, line 50, family 134, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2211.

• WikiPedia entry for Lillie Rose Ernst [1]

• WikiData entry for Lillie Rose Ernst [2]