A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another. Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Synonyms: heir; heritor; inheritor. Hypernyms (heir is a kind of...): receiver; recipient (a person who gets something)
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 17, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. Her parents were William and Temperance (Tempie); they divorced shortly after she was born. Ella and her mother moved to Yonkers, New York, where they eventually moved in with her mother s boyfriend, Joseph Da Silva.
Ella Fitzgerald was an African-American jazz singer. Considered to be one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she also was known as Lady Ella. Fitzgerald received 13 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Beginnings. Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 17, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia.