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Village:New Lebanon, NY Source:bios:234

id 234
firstname Ernst
lastname Pick
birthyr 1859
deathyr 1940
bio Pick, Ernst (1859-1940), of Mt. Lebanon, NY, was born in Austria. He came to America in 1882. Originally of the Jewish faith, he joined the Shakers and became elder of the 2nd Family. According to a Mt. Lebanon letterhead dated February 19, 1907, he was at that time a "Wholesale dealer in Shakers' Evaporated Sweet Corn" of "Brainard's Brand." He was sent away by the Shakers in 1909, but came back in 1910. He was the male leader of the 2nd F. until 1936, when he left to live with a niece in Pittsfield. His estate, inherited in Austria, was willed by him in parts: to the Berkshire Athenaeum, to a reclamation project of the Jewish National Fund, and to his niece.
villageplus Mt. Lebanon. NY

	id	234
	firstname	Ernst
	lastname	Pick
	birthyr	1859
	deathyr	1940
	bio	Pick, Ernst (1859-1940), of Mt. Lebanon, NY, was born in Austria. He came to America in 1882. Originally of the Jewish faith, he joined the Shakers and became elder of the 2nd Family. According to a Mt. Lebanon letterhead dated February 19, 1907, he was at that time a "Wholesale dealer in Shakers' Evaporated Sweet Corn" of "Brainard's Brand." He was sent away by the Shakers in 1909, but came back in 1910. He was the male leader of the 2nd F. until 1936, when he left to live with a niece in Pittsfield. His estate, inherited in Austria, was willed by him in parts: to the Berkshire Athenaeum, to a reclamation project of the Jewish National Fund, and to his niece.
	villageplus	Mt. Lebanon. NY