Ernest (Ernie) Edward Lane was born June 5, 1875 in London, England to Alfred William and Ellen Emma Lane née Barnes. In 1881 Ernest (age 6) was living at 343 Burdett Road, London, Middlesex, England with his parents and siblings – Francis (age 17), Thomas (age 16), Alfred W (age 15), Rachel Ellen (age 14), Alberta (age 9), Alice (age 7), Louis (age 3) and Marie (an infant). In 1907, Ernie age 32, immigrated to the Rumsey District, AB with his brother Alfred, where they homsteaded NE26-33-22-W4M, and NW24-33-22-W4M, respectively. Ernest asked his sister's friend, Annie Ellen Kelso of London, England to come to Canada to look after his homestead house for him. Annie arrived in Alberta on August 31, 1908. Ernie proposed marriage that same day and Annie accepted. The ceremony took place in Stettler, AB. Ernie and Annie had three children, their first son, David Ernest, was born June 3, 1909 on the homestead. Annie's friend, and Ernie's sister, Rachel Ellen Elizabeth (Nellie) Lane was the midwife. Daughter Marjorie Eileen was born Mar 11, 1911 and Francis (Frank) Louis Aug. 3, 1919, after the family moved to Chase, BC.

According to Annie's brother, John Kelso, "It seems agriculture did not suit Ernest". He farmed the homestead for only one season, then took a job driving a team of horses from the railway station to the Lake Louise hotel in the Rocky Mountains. In 1910 the family, together with brother Alfred, moved to Chase, BC. The men worked for the Adams River Lumber Company, Ernest worked as a tally clerk and Alfred a mill hand. On Nov. 10, 1910, Alfred died of natural causes, while working. Ernest and family lived in Chase until 1926 and that same year, they moved to Hammond (Maple Ridge), BC, fifteen miles east of Vancouver. Ernest worked for the Hammond Cedar Company until his death.
Ernest died, aged 80, on March 13, 1956 in the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C. He is interred, with Annie, in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Maple Ridge, BC.