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Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Va. on April 25, 1917.
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Ella and her mom moved to Yonkers, N.Y, where they eventually moved in with he mom's longtime boyfriend Joseph Da Silva. Ella's half-sister, Frances, was born in 1923 and soon she began referring to Joe as her stepfather.
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Ella's mother dies and she moves back to Virginia with her aunt.
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