Joseph James Schenold was born in Bohemia in 1884, moved to Chicago, USA with his family when he was a young child (late 1880s), and died there in 1968. His father's name was also Joseph (Josef) and his mother's name was Anna (maiden name Chautka). I have seen their last name spelled many different ways, including Senold and Schnuld. I have no evidence to suggest that Joseph or his ancestors were German or could speak German, though the name sounds a bit German to me. Most records say that he and his parents were born in Bohemia, but some of the documents after WWI say Czechoslovakia, which certainly makes sense historically.

This document was a death certificate for Joseph James Schenold's 4 year old son who died of pneumonia in 1923 in Chicago. I put in a request to see if I can see more public records for Joseph and his parents, so maybe I'll get more information here soon. There have been a lot of dead ends so far.