Once Upon a Town 46: Mary FINKBINDER & James Bayard SECHRIST

 

Here's a handsome couple, and you'll see them quite often in upcoming posts.  As Bertha Mae's brother, the families spent a lot of time together, outside, in many photogenic moments...

 

But for now: The Backstory

 

James Bayard SECHRIST

Birth: 2 Oct 1885¹

Death: 1971York, York Co., PA¹

Burial: Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA¹

Occupation: Manufacturer²

Father: Stephen Stanley SECHRIST (1857-1943)

Mother: Susan Grove STEIN (1859-1938)

 

Spouse: Mary Edith FINKBINDER

Birth: 1883

Death: 1971 in York, York Co., PA

Burial: Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA

Occupation: Music Teacher

Father: Charles FINKBINDER

Mother: Elizabeth

Marriage: 5 Apr 1911Red Lion, York Co., PA²

 

Children:

Mary Elizabeth (1912-1998)

Stephen Stanley (1916-2008)

Barbara Lou (1924-2007)

James Finkbinder (1922-1999)

 

Sources

1. tombstone inscription, Red Lion Union Cemetery, York Co, PA

2. Mary E Rutt, The Five Sisters:  Our Sechrist Heritage 1705-1999, Walter Shaub, Gordonville, PA.