
Oh, you must've been a beautiful baby...
Here a some very sweet photos of a few of my distant relatives, and their pertinent life details.
They may mean nothing to you now, but in upcoming posts, you'll see that they spent a lot of photogenic moments with their cousins.
To think that they were alive during my lifetime, and I hardly knew them. I have so many things I wish I'd asked them!

Mary Elizabeth SECHRIST
Birth: 19121
Death: 15 Feb 19981
Burial: Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA
Father: James Bayard SECHRIST (1885-1971)
Mother: Mary Edith FINKBINDER (1883-1971)
Spouse:Chalmers L. ENSMINGER Sr., M.D.
Alias/AKA: Charles D. ENSMEGER2
Children:
Susan
Chalmers L.
Mary Elizabeth
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.

Stephen Stanley SECHRIST II
Birth: 12 Mar 1916, Red Lion, York Co., PA1
Death: 22 Jan 2008, York Co., PA2,1
Occupation: Worked On Family Farm In Chanceford Twp.; 16 Yrs As Teacher In Dallastown, Red Lion & Windsor
Father: James Bayard SECHRIST (1885-1971)
Mother: Mary Edith FINKBINDER (1883-1971)
Stephen Stanley Sechrist II ’39
Published in the July 16, 2008, issue
Steve died Jan. 22, 2008, at his home in York, Pa., following a brief illness.
After college Steve joined the Red Lion Cabinet Co., a family business that manufactured cabinets for the radio and TV industry. In 1979, the business changed from woodworking to Revco Corp., making metal automotive parts, and he was board chairman.
Through the years Steve served on numerous boards in York, including the York Symphony Orchestra, the York Historical Society, and the York Country Day School. He was a past president of the York Council of Social Agencies and was actively involved in the York Literacy Council, teaching adults to read. His interests included gardening — flowers, shrubs, and trees — in York and at a house the family acquired in Grafton, Vt. A highlight since graduation was Steve’s 1977 trip with the Princeton Club of New York on the Orient Express.
Steve married Mary Louise Wilton in 1952. They had a son, Stephen S. III ’76, and daughters Mary and Hannah, both of whom attended Smith like their mother. Mary Louise died in 1994. To Steve’s children and two grandchildren, we extend our sympathy.2
Spouse: Mary Louise WILTON
Death: 11 Jul 19945
Marriage: 1952, Wrightsville, York Co., PA2
Sources
1. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era, “Lancaster Online,” http://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/local/525070_Stephen-Stanley-Sechrist.html, 28 Jan 2008.
2. “Princeton Alumni Weekly,” http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2008/07/16/sections/memorials/2426/index.xml, 16 july 2008.
5. Mary E Rutt, The Five Sisters: Our Sechrist Heritage 1705-1999, Walter Shaub, Gordonville, PA.

Stephen Stanley & James Finkbinder SECHRIST by AprylZA
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James Finkbinder SECHRIST
Birth: 10 Jul 1922
Death: 6 May 1999
Burial: Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA
Father: James Bayard SECHRIST (1885-1971)
Mother: Mary Edith FINKBINDER (1883-1971)
Spouse:Virginia DAVIS
Children:
Jennifer
Penelope (1948-2009)
James B.

Barbara Lou SECHRIST
Birth:1924
Death:2007
Burial:Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA
Father:James Bayard SECHRIST (1885-1971)
Mother:Mary Edith FINKBINDER (1883-1971)
Spouse: Walter H. MERCY
Birth: 19141
Death: 19961
Burial: Red Lion Cemetery, Gay St., York Twp., York Co., PA1
Children:
Christopher
Son
Elizabeth
Sources
1. tombstone inscription, Red Lion Union Cemetery, York Co, PA
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