Vital Stats
Born: May 02, 1789 in Aslargen, Westphalia, Germany
Married: 15 October 1818 at Sankt Johan Baptist Roemisch-Katholische, Allagen, Westfalen, Prussia
Died: July 19, 1855 in Indiana
Spouse
Anna Maria Marg. Theodora Faerber**
Children*
Ferdinand Schenk 1821-1877
Mary Ann Schenk Humpert 1827
George Schenk
came to America about 1850-54 (not in the 1850 census of Posey County, although his son Theodore is)
check Loeffel's Posey County History of 1913
fought in French & German War and carried 2 bullets in his body as long as he lived
Westphalia is approx. the territory lying between the Wesser and the Rhine River. It is called "Red Earth". Located in western Germany, it is so called not only for the natural color of its soil, but also because the soil has been drenched in the blood of battles for centuries.
died suddenly at the age of 66 years, 2 months, and 17 days (recorded by Fr. Roman Weinzapfel)
buried in the old section of the cemetery at St. Philip, Indiana
Children:
*Ferdinand was the eldest. He was born in Germany then came to America. He farmed land on Marx road in German Township, Vanderburgh County, IN. He inherited family farm and cared for his mother.
*George was a schoolteacher and married Elizabeth Schmitt.
--Rita Wannemuller's writing
Gaudens Henricus Schenk was born on 2 May 1789, in Westphalia, Prussia, Germany as the son of Jacobi Schencke and Clarae Graffenscheffer. He married Anna Maria Marg. Theodora Faerber on 15 October 1818, in Allagen, Arnsberg, Westphalia, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 19 July 1855, in Saint Philip, Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Saint Philip, Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana. (familysearch.org)
**When Anna Maria Marg. Theodora Faerber was born on 27 December 1796, her father, Thomas Faerber gen. Alteschlup, was 32 and her mother, Elisabetha Droege, was 30. She married Gaudens Henricus Schenk on 15 October 1818, in Allagen, Arnsberg, Westphalia, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1836, at the age of 40. (familysearch.org)
Schenk name -- German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke ‘cupbearer, wine server’ (from Old High German scenko, from scenken ‘to pour out or serve’), hence an occupational name for a cupbearer or server (familysearch.org)