Great grandmother Laura Sechler was forty years old with seven week-old daughter Ruth when they lost husband/father George in April 1907. In the years to follow, chaos and public spectacle would give way to a new everyday life as the pair adapted to their situation. The 1910 Census shows that Laura moved back to herContinue reading “Laura and Ruth Move Forward Together”
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Another new life for Edward Sandford
In 1888, great grandfather Edward had been the Pastor of the Baptist Church for 15 years and was revered by his parishioners and the Saint Johnsbury, Vermont community at-large. At age 48, he had already experienced more in life than most could imagine. It would be reasonable to predict he would continue in his positionContinue reading “Another new life for Edward Sandford”
The Reverend James Louis Hynes
Before continuing with the Hynes timeline, let’s briefly fast-forward to 1933. After living in Newburgh, Cornwall, Freeport and Brooklyn, New York, great grandparents James and Bessie Hynes moved to Middleborough, Massachusetts where, at age 49, James became the Pastor of the Central Baptist Church, a post he would hold for the next 15 years. MyContinue reading “The Reverend James Louis Hynes”
Dr. James Gordon revisited
Since introducing second great grandfather James Gordon in an earlier post, new information has emerged which gives a more complete portrait of his life, better setting the stage for the stories of his family in Newburgh. To begin with, we now have a picture of James, appearing in a book of Newburgh’s leading citizens ofContinue reading “Dr. James Gordon revisited”
A Revered Minister and Leading Citizen in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
After completing his studies in 1870 at Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania, great grandfather Edward Thomas Sandford began his lifelong career as a Baptist minister. The record shows that he preached in Jefferson Maine, a very small town 15 miles west of his home in Warren Maine, between 1872 and 1875, and that heContinue reading “A Revered Minister and Leading Citizen in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont”
Memorials to George Sechler and Alfred Selleck
In Washington DCʼs Judiciary Square, about eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial bears the names of tens of thousands of police officers who have lost their lives across the country since the late 19th century. The names of our great grandfather George Sechler and his fellow New York CityContinue reading “Memorials to George Sechler and Alfred Selleck”
Bridging the Silences 