When Joseph Valentine Senger was born on 24 January 1898, in Russia, his father, Valentine Senger, was 28 and his mother, Juliana Schumacher, was 24. He married Magdalena Krimm on 14 August 1918, in Fox Valley No. 171, Saskatchewan, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1918 and lived in McHenry, North Dakota, United States for about 5 years and Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1926. He died on 12 April 1969, at the age of 71, and was buried in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.