James Joseph Schenk, 18841963 (aged 79 years)

Name
James Joseph /Schenk/
Family with parents
father
Schenk August Residence Omaha.jpg
18541927
Birth: September 1854 33 Ilmspan, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: 1927
mother
Schenk Family/August and Rosa.jpg
18581923
Birth: July 8, 1858 33 34 Külsheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: 1923
Marriage Marriage1883Socorro, New Mexico, USA
17 months
himself
Schenk Family/August James George.jpg
18841963
Birth: May 17, 1884 29 25 Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Death: October 13, 1963Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 months
younger brother
Schenk Family/August Francisco Schenk.jpg
18851934
Birth: July 21, 1885 30 27 New Mexico
Death: 1934
13 months
younger brother
Schenk Family/1957 George Schenk.jpg
18861969
Birth: July 1886 31 27 New Mexico
Death: August 1969Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3 years
younger sister
Schenk Family/Sr Ann Teresa.jpg
18891981
Birth: May 1889 34 30 New Mexico
Death: November 1, 1981El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
Schenk Family/Annie Teresa Schenk.jpg
18911901
Birth: August 11, 1891 36 33 New Mexico
Death: August 8, 1901Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
3 years
younger brother
Schenk Family/1950s Charles Schenk maybe.jpg
18941949
Birth: December 15, 1894 40 36 Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Death: September 8, 1949Los Angeles County, California, USA
23 months
younger brother
Schenk Family/James and John Schenk.jpg
18961983
Birth: October 1896 42 38 New Mexico
Death: December 3, 1983Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
2 years
younger sister
Hilda at beach.jpg
18991984
Birth: January 1899 44 40 New Mexico
Death: May 7, 1984Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, USA

Balloon Route Trolley Trip

James and Mary Schenk were photographed with the other passengers in the Balloon Route Trolley Trip outside the Old Soldiers' Home in Los Angeles. Find them in the third row, right of center. There is no date on the photo, but it may have been taken in 1912, before any of the children were born.

Photo from Balloon Route

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was an official souvenir photo from the trip, as the cover shows.  The Balloon Route was an official tourist attraction starting at the turn of the 20th century. The best description I have found of this trip is here:

http://www.pacificelectric.org/pacific-electric/western-district/daily-balloon-route-excursion-brochure-1910/

The story of the organizer of this trip is here:

http://www.erha.org/balloon.htm