{"id":107649,"date":"2026-04-03T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/?p=107649"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:29:41","slug":"our-ancestors-celebrating-easter-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/our-ancestors-celebrating-easter-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Ancestors Celebrating Easter (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article \u2013 to help celebrate Easter this Sunday \u2013 Melissa Davenport Berry shows more photos of our ancestors celebrating the holiday. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I continue with more photographs from Easter Days gone by, using GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> and special collections from the web.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: decorated Easter eggs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photo credit: https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1910: Rucker Family and Friends, Easter Picnic at Flat Rock, Green County, Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this photo we see: (standing in the back) James Brown Rucker; (seated in the middle, left to right) Uncle William Rucker; James Wesley Rucker<\/a> with Janie Rucker, daughter, leaning on his right knee and Elsie Ruark, niece of the Moore sisters, leaning on his left knee; Nellie Moore; Bonnie Moore; (kneeling in the front row, left to right) Charlotte (Lottie) Rucker; Corine Rucker. Not in photo: Carrie (Harper) Rucker, wife of James Wesley Rucker and mother of James Brown, Charlotte, and Corine Rucker.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Rucker family and friends, 1910. Credit: University of Georgia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1919: Easter Bouquets from Nantucket Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Rozelle Brayton (Coleman) Jones (1901-1974), daughter of Dr. Ellenwood Bunker Coleman and May Anna (Brayton) Coleman, wife of George William Jones, carrying two beautiful Easter bouquets from Nantucket, Massachusetts, fields.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: Rozelle Jones, 1919. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1922: White House Easter Egg Roll<\/strong><\/p>\n

The captions for these next two photos read:<\/p>\n

(Left) It was a cosmopolitan assemblage of youngsters that gathered on the White House lawn for the annual Easter egg rolling festival. Picture shows a tiny Japanese participant and her mother.<\/p>\n

(Right) Cheek and jaw by jaw they\u2019re drinking soda through a straw. There were thousands of bottles of pop distributed among the little Easter egg rollers, and it vied for popularity with the gaudy tokens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
New York Evening Journal (New York, New York), 19 April 1922, page 17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1930: White House Easter Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Children dance around a maypole at the White House Easter Egg Roll.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: children at the White House Easter Egg Roll, 1930. Credit: White House Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1936: American Legion Sponsors Four Easter Egg Hunts<\/strong><\/p>\n

The captions for these next two photos read:<\/p>\n

(Left) Despite his tender years, three-year-old Tommy Marrin, in the foreground, succeeded in tracking a golden egg to its lair in Easter egg hunt yesterday at Humphrey Calder School [Richmond, Virgina]. This was one of four hunts sponsored by American Legion. Part of huge crowd is shown.<\/p>\n

(Right) Nell Haller, left, found the silver egg and Anne Watson, three, found the golden egg at Hotchkiss Field Hunt of American Legion yesterday. Anne looks as though the sun\u2019s in her eyes \u2013 or something.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 14 April 1936, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1943: No Time for Frills During Wartime<\/strong><\/p>\n

For many young women during World War II, Easter bonnets gave way to military caps. This next photo caption reads:<\/p>\n

WAAC Margaret E. Murphy in her Easter bonnet, and not a frill upon it; there are 50,000 other such bonnets just like it here and abroad, but it\u2019s still the very smartest bonnet in this year\u2019s Easter parade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Detroit Times (Detroit, Michigan), 24 April 1943, page 36<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1951: Country Club Youngsters in Easter Egg Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n

This next photo shows a cute Easter moment between two children in Dallas, Texas. The photo caption reads:<\/p>\n

Lamar Norsworthy can\u2019t decide whether Dorothy Paine is giving him that Easter bunny or merely letting him look, but he plays it safe, doesn\u2019t reach. The children will be among Brook Hollow Golf Club members\u2019 children attending an Easter egg hunt at the club Sunday afternoon. Lamar is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Norsworthy Jr., 4304 Overhill Drive. Dorothy belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paine, 4911 Shadywood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas), 23 March 1951, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1954: Triplet Brothers Get Spruced Up for Easter Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next photo caption reads:<\/p>\n

The triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frazier, 2705 Gaither Street, Hillcrest Heights, Md., cast suspicious eyes at the hair-cutting equipment held by the Nicholosi brothers, Al, Joe, and Sam. The triplets left to right are Gary, Gregory, and Gene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 18 April 1954, page 29<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1956: Easter Marriage Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Easter Sunday in Dallas, Texas, in 1956, Wilson Elijah Hubbard<\/a>, age 75, son of Hugh H. Hubbard and Mary Isobel (Harrison) Hubbard, wed Mrs. Gladys Josephine (Brooks) Smith, a mere 55, daughter of John Austin Brooks and Ida Brooks, and the widow of Meador Ray Smith. The photo caption reads:<\/p>\n

A very happy bridegroom and bride are Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hubbard, who were married here Sunday afternoon. After the wedding, their children took the newlyweds out for dinner and dancing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas), 2 April 1956, page 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1964: Church Pre-Easter Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

The workers of Tanner Chapel AME Church in Phoenix, Arizona, sponsored a pre-Easter tea on Sunday, 15 April 1964. In this photo we see: (front row, left to right) Dorrie Parks; Ruth Vann; Elizabeth Brown; Annie Mae Ward; Helen Cobb; Ezora Davis; (back row, left to right) Maggie Robertson; Phyliss Barrett; Florence Claybrooks; Rev. George L. Grant; and Mrs. Cora Scott.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:
Photo: workers of Tanner Chapel AME Church in Phoenix, Arizona, 1964. Credit: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, Phoenix, Arizona, via Chronicling America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy Easter!<\/p>\n

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Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> Happy Easter. Credit: https:\/\/depositphotos.com\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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