Welcome!

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This website contains information about the various activities of Gregg and Jennie Ernst and their family, of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

About the Ernsts

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The Ernst Family lives on a farm on First Peninsula, just outside Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, and have been singing together since their eldest son's, Joshua's, voice changed. The Ernst Family Singers currently consists of parents Gregg (bass) and Jennie (alto), and children Joshua, (baritone), Marja, (soprano), John, (tenor), Peter, (baritone), Elijah, (tenor), Eva, (alto), Ruth, (soprano) and Esther (soprano). The genetic similarity of the voices gives a harmonious blend rare in unrelated voices.

The Ernsts have become known for a variety of other endeavours as well. Gregg has received international recognition as a strength athlete. He competed in "The World's Strongest Man" competitions in the Canary Islands and Iceland in 1990 and 1991, and he still holds the official world record for the most weight lifted by a man, at 5340 lbs. As well, Gregg runs the historic marine blacksmith shop in Lunenburg, Thomas Walters and Sons, which made the ironwork for the Bluenose and Bluenose II, depicted on the Canadian dime. Jennie is well known to Nova Scotian home schoolers, having chaired the provincial association for a number of years and represented it in legal negotiations with the provincial government. Jennie and her daughter Marja also breed horses for Ernst Equine.