Zaidee Jackson (December 30, 1898 â€" December 15, 1970) was an
American-born jazz, spiritual and pop music singer, dancer and actress
who was well known in France, United Kingdom and Romania.Zaidee
Jackson was born in Augusta, Georgia in the winter of 1898 to C.J. and
Alice Jackson, who were both sharecroppers in Berrien County,
Georgia.Sometime after moving to Europe, she began using 1900 as her
birth year.Zaidee had three older siblings, Ora Lee, Era and Sol
Jackson. Sometime in late 1900, Alice left her husband and children,
taking only Zaidee, and moved north to Boston, Massachusetts, where
she met and married Fred Williams. Zaidee soon took her stepfather's
last name. In 1902, Alice and Fred had their own child, Corinna.
American-born jazz, spiritual and pop music singer, dancer and actress
who was well known in France, United Kingdom and Romania.Zaidee
Jackson was born in Augusta, Georgia in the winter of 1898 to C.J. and
Alice Jackson, who were both sharecroppers in Berrien County,
Georgia.Sometime after moving to Europe, she began using 1900 as her
birth year.Zaidee had three older siblings, Ora Lee, Era and Sol
Jackson. Sometime in late 1900, Alice left her husband and children,
taking only Zaidee, and moved north to Boston, Massachusetts, where
she met and married Fred Williams. Zaidee soon took her stepfather's
last name. In 1902, Alice and Fred had their own child, Corinna.
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