Sarah ‘Sadie’ (unknown) (Harris) Fagan

Sarah ‘Sadie’ (unknown) (Harris) Fagan - Tree for Billie Holiday

Started by Erica Howton on Thursday, April 10, 2025

Erica Howton C

4/10/2025 at 6:50 AM

Stephen Daniel Harper I hope you continue the tree for Billie Holiday which I’ve made into a Master Profile, but it’s lacking biography etc.

As far as I can tell, her mother had no surname at birth.

Sarah ‘Sadie’ (unknown) (Harris) Fagan

The resource to use is, in my opinion, Nicholson, Stuart (1995). Billie Holiday. Boston: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9781555532482 – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation) Page 17-19 < link > (free ID needed to borrow)

Because the records are especially difficult for the women in the family.

Stephen Daniel Harper

4/10/2025 at 12:48 PM

Thank you for converting Billie Holiday's profile into a Master Profile. And for the kind reminder/encouragement to keep expanding her tree. I don't have any personal connection to the family that I know of (yet), but I enjoy researching the history of prominent Black Americans.

Erica Howton C

4/10/2025 at 3:20 PM

Especially a star like her!

I’m still uncertain about Sarah ‘Sadie’ (unknown) (Harris) Fagan mother, but I do know her death record is flawed.

Sarah ‘Sadie’ (unknown) (Harris) Fagan - Tree for Billie Holiday

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