Ella Fitzgerald was born on February 29, 1856 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. She was the daughter of Jacob Fitzgerald and Euphemia Unknown. Euphemia's middle or last name may have been Avery.
Ella died young on September 11, 1858 in Luzerne County, PA. She is buried at the Dodson Cemetery.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25004209/ida-fitzgerald: accessed 10 February 2023 ), memorial page for Ida Fitzgerald (14 Apr 1853–23 Sep 1858), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25004209, citing Dodson Cemetery, Shickshinny, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Bryan Winter (contributor 46975843).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ella by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ella: