Pearl May Easter

Brief Life History of Pearl May

When Pearl May Easter was born on 13 May 1896, in Boone, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Henry Easter, was 36 and her mother, Martha Frances Hill, was 29. She married John J Rhodes on 7 August 1915, in Jackson, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Scott District, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 21 January 1971, in Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John J Rhodes
1896–1969
Pearl May Easter
1896–1971
Marriage: 7 August 1915
Addie Marie Rhodes
1916–1989
Aldena Gertrude Rhodes
1918–2000
John Johnson Rhodes Jr
1919–1965
Joseph Daniel Rhodes
1921–1993
Myrtle Frances Rhodes
1922–1997
Ollie Mae Rhodes
1924–1990
Zelma Pearl Rhodes
1926–2008
Mary Elizabeth Rhodes
1928–1993

Sources (22)

  • Pearl Rhodes in household of John J Rhodes, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Easter, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Pearl Easter, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

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1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English estre ‘sheepfold’ (Old English ēowestre). The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived by or worked at a sheepfold, or habitational, from Good or High Easter (Essex), named from this word.

English: from the Middle English word ester ‘easter’ (Old English Ēastre), used as a personal name for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time. Compare Pascall .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Oster .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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