Cousin Ernie, the son of
Gabrielle Alberque Hartnett and Patrick
Edward Hartnett, was born Oct. 1, 1904 in New York City. He was orphaned as an
infant. His living arrangements are not clear for the first few years of
his life but sometime after 1915 he came to live with the Alberques. There he
was raised by his uncle, E.G.
Alberque, Sr., and Antoinette with all the other children as if he were their own son.
Ernie entered the Jesuits and was ordained a priest on June 21, 1936. He volunteered to
work in a leper colony in 1939 in the Philippines and was later captured and
held by the Japanese in a prison camp there.
The following letter from the Jesuits gives details of
this extraordinary man's life.
Cousin Ernie, the son of
Gabrielle Alberque Hartnett and Patrick
Edward Hartnett, was born Oct. 1, 1904 in New York City. He was orphaned as an
infant. His living arrangements are not clear for the first few years of
his life but sometime after 1915 he came to live with the Alberques. There he
was raised by his uncle, E.G.
Alberque, Sr., and Antoinette with all the other children as if he were their own son.
Ernie entered the Jesuits and was ordained a priest on June 21, 1936. He volunteered to
work in a leper colony in 1939 in the Philippines and was later captured and
held by the Japanese in a prison camp there. 
