Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was born at Wimmer on 3 April 1834 at Bad Essen, Weser-Ems, Lower Saxony, Germany.4,5 He was the son of Johann Conrad Tonsing and Anna Clara Welcher.2,3 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was born on 3 April 1835 at Germany.3 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing married Clara Marie Weingartner on 23 November 1863 at Evangelisch, Holzhausen Luebbecke, Westphalia, Germany.4 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing died on 30 August 1912 at Minnesota at age 78 years, 4 months and 27 days.3

    Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was also known as Ernst Toensing.6 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was also known as Ernest Fredrich Toensing.3 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing and Henry Conrad Toensing immigrated in 1872.5,7,8,9 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing resided at W S Arch nr Columbia in 1879 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.10 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was employed as a carpenter from 1879 to 1880 at Brandhorst, Moeller and Co, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.4,6 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was the head of household on the 1880 census at 324 Arch St, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Fredrick J. Toensing, Mary Toensing, Anna E. Toensing, Louis F Toensing, Arnold Henry Toensing, Clara Marie Weingartner, Henry Conrad Toensing and Frank H. Toensing were listed in the household.4 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was enumerated as the father of Henry Conrad Toensing on the 1900 census at Swede Grove, Meeker County, Minnesota.5 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing resided at 919 Birch St in 1909 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.11 Ernst Fredrich Tönsing was enumerated as the father of Henry Conrad Toensing on the 1910 census at Swede Grove Township, Meeker County, Minnesota.7