Vital Stats
Born: June 09, 1888 in New York
Married: October 20, 1916
Occupation: farmer
Died: June 25, 1961
Parents
Julia Fisher
Spouse
Children
Bernadine Schenk
Olivia Schenk Schmidt
Victor "Dick" Schenk
Mary Antoinette "Dottie" Schenk
Matilda "Tuddy" Schenk
Sibling
Lillian White Schenk
Pic 1: Ferd & John as the bartenders at a wedding Pic 2: John & Therese, Ferd & Eileen, Otto & Laura
John was adopted at the age of four from a Catholic orphanage in New York. He was nicknamed Rotjohannes or Red Johnny because he had red hair.
John Bernard Schenk was born on 9 June 1888, in New York, United States. He married Theresa Koressel on 20 October 1916, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and German Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died on 25 June 1961, in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Saint Philip Church Cemetery, Saint Philip, Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana. (familysearch.org)