Ernst Edward Hoffman
Ernst worked alongside his father in the wagon shop and served in the Minnesota National Guard. By 1917 he had moved to Opheim, Montana where he worked as a garage mechanic. On November 18, 1917 he married Martha S. Koester from Linden, Minnesota. They lived in Whitefish, Montana until 1941 when they moved to Seattle, Washington. They had two children Douglas and Shirley Mae.