Matilda Sissieretta Joyner was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, to Jeremiah Malachi Joyner, an African Methodist Episcopal minister, and Henrietta Beale. By 1876 her family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where she began singing at an early age in her father's Pond Street Baptist Church.
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, to Jeremiah Malachi Joyner, an African Methodist Episcopal minister, and Henrietta Beale.
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Matilda
Matilda
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Sissieretta
Sissieretta
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Joyner
Joyner
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be
was
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born
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Portsmouth
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Virginia
Virginia
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United
United
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States
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case
to
to
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Jeremiah
Jeremiah
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Malachi
Malachi
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Joyner
Joyner
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Episcopal
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By 1876 her family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where she began singing at an early age in her father's Pond Street Baptist Church.
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1876
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her
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nsubj
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family
family
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moved
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she
she
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begin
began
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sing
singing
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at
at
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early
early
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age
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father
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Pond
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Street
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Baptist
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Church
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