Josephine and Henry

 

Josephine Kern Zengel-Smith & Henry O. Smith.

As noted yesterday, Josephine Kern Zengel (daughter of Antoinette Halter Kern) married Henry Otto Smith in New Orleans in 1915, when she was 49. He was originally from Brooklyn, New York. From the available records, it appears that they traveled quite often. In 1921, the couple went to San Francisco, and then sailed on the S.S. Manoa of the Matson Lines. Josephine and Henry departed San Francisco on 20 July, arriving in Honolulu on 27 July 1921.

Huntington Library. S.S. Manoa.

Josephine and Henry returned from their Hawaiian vacation on the S.S. Maui, arriving back into San Francisco on 10 August 1921.

In April 1922, Henry applied for a US Passport in order for to travel to Europe. The photo at the top of the post comes from Henry's passport application. Charles Huber, husband of Josephine's step-sister Magdalena, served as a witness on Henry's application. Josephine and Henry departed New York in June 1922, with planned stops in the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Gibraltar and France. They made the voyage with Josephine's niece, Hilda Zengel. Charles Huber also served as a witness on her passport application. Hilda's parents died before 1908, so she had been living with Josephine from before her marriage to Henry. Hilda continued living with them after their marriage.

Hilda Zengel, 1922.

Josephine, Henry and Hilda returned to New York on the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam from Plymouth, England on 9 September 1922. Their passenger arrival was processed at Ellis Island.

Josephine and Henry took another trip to Europe in 1928. They appear on a passenger arrival list at Ellis Island arriving on the S.S. Stavangerfjord of the Norwegian America Line from Oslo on 10 September 1928. Curiously, the arrival list has Josephine's birth date as 14 March 1870, but the New Orleans Birth Records have her birth date as 28 February 1866.

Source: Gjenvick Archives.

Josephine and Hilda took a trip to Europe in 1932, arriving back in New York on 3 August 1932 on the S.S. Europa from Bremen.

Josephine passed away on 6 August 1940 in New Orleans.

New Orleans Times-Picayune, 7 Aug 1940.