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'''Marilyn Monroe''' (1926-1962), born Norma Jean Mortensen
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'''Marilyn Monroe''' (1926-1962), U.S. actress, born Norma Jean Mortensen
  
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==Norma Jean Mortensen==
 
==Norma Jean Mortensen==
 
===Birth===
 
===Birth===
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Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen  in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, [[California]] on Jun 1, 1926 to [[#Gladys Pearl Monroe|Gladys Pearl Monroe]].  Who her father was is not clear.  Gladys had been married to [[#Martin Edward Mortensen|Martin Edward Mortensen]] and that is the father listed on Norma's birth certificate, but Martin and Gladys had been seperated for too much time prior to Norma's birth. So either Gladys was still seeing him, even though divorced, or Marilyn's father was someone else.
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Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen  in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, [[California]] on Jun 1, 1926 to [[#Gladys Pearl Monroe|Gladys Pearl Monroe]].  Who her father was is not clear.  Gladys had been married to [[#Martin Edward Mortensen|Martin Edward Mortensen]] and that is the father listed on Norma's birth certificate, but Martin and Gladys had been seperated for too much time prior to Norma's birth. So either Gladys was still seeing him, even though seperated, or Marilyn's father was someone else.
  
 
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===Aside:The Bakers===
 
Gladys had been married first, at a young age, to Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker and had two children from this marriage.  The family is living in 1920 in Los Angeles.  On a visit back to Jasper's home-state of Kentucky, Gladys supposedly had a too-close relationship with Jasper's younger brother Audrey, for which Jasper beat Gladys.  When they returned to California, she filed for divorce.
 
Gladys had been married first, at a young age, to Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker and had two children from this marriage.  The family is living in 1920 in Los Angeles.  On a visit back to Jasper's home-state of Kentucky, Gladys supposedly had a too-close relationship with Jasper's younger brother Audrey, for which Jasper beat Gladys.  When they returned to California, she filed for divorce.
  
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Jasper returned to [[Kentucky]] where he had been born, kidnapping the children in the process.  For a short time, around this time, Gladys lived in Kentucky, but after another confrontation, she left for California, and would not see her daughter again, for twenty years.  When Norma Jean was 19, she finally met her half-sister, the half-brother was already dead by this time. (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm Mona Miracle's website]).
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Jasper returned to [[Kentucky]] where he had been born, kidnapping the children in the process.  For a short time, around this time, Gladys lived in Kentucky to be near her children, but after another confrontation, she left for California, and would not see her daughter again, for twenty years.  When Norma Jean was 19, she finally met her half-sister, the half-brother was already dead by this time. (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm Mona Miracle's website]).
  
 
===Martin Mortensen===
 
===Martin Mortensen===
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Gladys next married to Martin Edward Mortensen (b 1897) on 11 Oct 1924 in Los Angeles, but seperated from him after several months, moving in with her good friend and co-worker Grace Atchison McKee, a divorced woman.  Norma Jean was born 1 Jun 1926, Gladys divorce from Martin was not completed until 1927, but they were apparently seperated for some time before this, and Gladys was dating other men, as reported by a few biographers.  One theory is that Norma's real father was a married man named Stanley Gifford.
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Gladys next married to Martin Edward Mortensen (b 1897) on 11 Oct 1924 in Los Angeles, but seperated from him after several months, moving in with her good friend and co-worker Grace Atchison McKee, a divorced woman who was also working at RKO.  It's been reported that Martin was looking for a "good Christian woman" and Gladys was a bit too much of a party animal for him.
  
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When Norma Jean was a baby, she was watched at times by her maternal grandmother, but she died Aug 1927.  Then Gladys apparently gave her to the custody of the Bollinger couple who raised her for a number of years.  Why Gladys did this isn't quite clear.  When Norma Jean was young, her mother, working as a film cutter for RKO, had made enough money to afford a down-payment on a house, and took Norma to live with her there.  They had only lived there for a few months when Gladys apparently had some kind of psychotic episode.  She was committed to a psychiatric hospital, and Grace was made both guardian of Norma Jean and custodian of Glady's estate.  It's not yet clear if Gladys was committed first to Agnews' State, but that is where she resided later, when she was finally released just WWII was ending.  The house and furnishings were sold off except for a piano which was held for Norma by Grace's aunt Ana.  Norma also lived off-and-on with Grace and in a few foster homes.
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Norma Jean was born 1 Jun 1926, Gladys' divorce from Martin was not completed until 1927, but they were apparently seperated for some time before this, and Gladys was possibly dating other men, as reported by a few biographers.  One theory is that Norma's real father was a married man named Stanley Gifford.  Allegedly, Marilyn's mother told her this, but so far this statement is uncited.
  
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In particular, evidently shortly after Grace married Ervin, she sent Norma to the Los Angeles Orphans' Home from September 1935 to June 1937. Whatever caused this displacement must have later been corrected, as Grace took Norma back out of the orphanage at the end of this time.
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[[Shelley Winters]] who was at one time Marilyn's roommate relates this story<blockquote>"Marilyn told us how she had recently gotten a man's name from that orphan asylum.  Her mother had listed a Mortensen as her biological father.  The night she had finished ''The Asphalt Jungle'', after the wrap party...she called information in some place like Whittier, got the man's phone number and called it....She was convinced that this man was her biological father, and she explained to the man who she was....A drunken male voice responded, 'Listen you tramp, I have my own family, and I don't want anything to do with Hollywood bums.  Don't you ever call me again."  And he hung up.</blockquote>
  
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===First marriage===
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===The Bolenders===
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When Norma Jean was 15 she began dating 20-year-old James Dougherty.  Doc's company was holding it Christmas dance Dec 1941, and Grace asked Jim who used to be their neighbor, to be Norma's date (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT136&dq=%22grace+goddard%22&sig=ExZ5j2_jo3pfP7lBauQnTbxpaxg#PPT39,M1 ''My Sister Marilyn'', Page 39]).
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When Norma Jean was a baby, her mother placed her in a child-care situation with Albert and Ida Bolender, apparently because Gladys had a hectic life-style and felt this would be a better situation for the baby.  She paid them $25 a month for this.  Norma's grandmother Della apparently lived nearby, but died Aug 1927.  One biographer claims that Ida Bolender stated that Della "...died in a straitjacket."  The truth might be a little more prosaic.  In the only video interview of which I know, with Ida, she didn't say that. She did say that Della acted crazy one day and broke the window in or by their front door, and that they called the Sheriff about it.
  
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Grace and Ervin S Goddard (1904-72) were about to move to the East coast and encouraged Norma to marry James Dougherty.  Norma Jean married James on 19 Jun 1942 in Los Angeles. James has recently died, but just before his death, he wrote a book about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.  James and Norma moved to Catalina Island where they were living in 1944 and where "Jimmie" trained for the merchant marine.  While James was away with the merchant marine, in the fighting during World War II, Marilyn took a job working at the Radioplane factory in Burbank, and moved in with his parents. It was while at this job, 26 Jun 1945 where she was first commercially photographed for an article in YANK article.
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It's also confusing that apparently Gladys was living with the Bolenders as they are all reported together, in one house in the 1930 census. Some biographers has mistakeningly suggested that the Bolenders were a "foster family", but in today's terms we would call this "full-time child care", i.e. the child is being boarded while her mother works or perhaps cats-around but not fostered.  "Foster parents" are paid by the state, not by the parents of the child.  And certainly not while she is living with them.
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===Grace McKee===
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When Norma Jean was young, her mother, working as a film cutter for RKO, had made enough money to afford a down-payment on a house in the fall of 1933 (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT136&dq=%22grace+goddard%22&sig=ExZ5j2_jo3pfP7lBauQnTbxpaxg#PPT23,M1 ''My Sister Marilyn'', page 23]), and took Norma to live with her there.  They had only lived there for a few months when Gladys apparently had some kind of psychotic episode.  She was committed at first to a psychiatric hospital, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and Grace was made both guardian of Norma Jean and custodian of Glady's estate.  The house and furnishings were sold off except for a piano which was held for Norma by Grace's aunt Ana.  Norma also lived off-and-on with Grace and in a few foster homes. Gladys was later transferred to Agnews' State psychiatric hospital, where she resided, when she was finally released just as WWII was ending.
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Evidently shortly after Grace married her last husband Ervin Silliman Goddard (1904-72), she sent Norma to the Los Angeles Orphans' Home from September 1935 to June 1937. Whatever caused this displacement must have later been corrected, as Grace took Norma back out of the orphanage at the end of this time.
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Much later, at the time that [[Shelley Winters]] and Marilyn were roommates, the were just coming out of the Circle Theatre and Marilyn was staring at a building across the street. She whispered, "That's the orphan asylum I lived in most of my life. That's where my foster parents would ship me back to when they decided they didn't want me anymore."
  
 
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Clara Grace Atchison was born in Montana, she first married Reginald Evans, then to John Wallace Mr McKee.  She was a co-worker of Marilyn's mother Gladys.  Sometime after her divorce from McMcKee, she and Gladys roomed together for a while.  After Gladys psychotic breakdown, Grace became both the guardian of Marilyn and the custodian of Gladys estate.  By 1936, Grace at that time a film librarian, had married to Ervin Silliman "Doc" Goddard (1904-72) who that year states his occupation as "actor"; they are living in Los Angeles.  It's possible they seperated as by 1938, Grace is registered, without him, at the home of her Aunt Ana Lower.
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Clara Grace Atchison was born in Montana, she first married Reginald Evans, then John Wallace McKee.  She was a co-worker of Marilyn's mother Gladys.  Sometime after her divorce from McMcKee, she and Gladys roomed together for a while.  After Gladys psychotic breakdown, Grace became both the guardian of Marilyn and the custodian of Gladys estate.  By 1936, Grace at that time a film librarian, had married to Ervin Silliman "Doc" Goddard (1904-72) who that year states his occupation as "actor"; they are living in Los Angeles.  It's possible they seperated, as in 1938 and also in 1940, Grace is registered, without him, at the home of her Aunt Ana Lower, while Ervin is registered elsewhere.
  
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Norma Jeane "Marilyn" lived off-and-on with Grace and Grace's husbands, as well as in foster homes and perhaps an orphanage as well.  It was during her last time living with Gladys that Norma was encouraged to marry her then-boyfriend James Dougherty.  After encouragement from Grace, Norma and her half-sister Berniece (Baker) Miracle, began writing and finally met when Norma was 19.  Working together and with the help of "Glady's aunt Dora Graham in Oregon", they finally got Gladys released from the psychiatric hospital.  Gladys lived in Oregon for about a year with Dora, then came to Los Angeles and lived with "Aunt Ana Lower" (Grace's aunt), and at times apparently with Grace and Ervin as well.
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Norma Jeane "Marilyn" lived off-and-on with Grace, sometimes while Grace was married to Ervin.  Norma also lived in foster homes and an orphanage as well.  It was during her last time living with Grace that Norma was encouraged to marry her then-boyfriend James Dougherty.  By 1950 Grace and Ervin are back living together in Los Angeles.  Ervin died in 1972 in Ventura County, I'm not yet sure when and where Grace died, but she is apparently buried near Marilyn.
  
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By 1950 Grace and Ervin are back living in Los Angeles. Ervin died in 1972 in Ventura County, I'm not yet sure when and where Grace lived.
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===First marriage===
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When Norma Jean was 15 she began dating 20-year-old James "Jim" Dougherty.  Doc's company was holding its Christmas dance Dec 1941, and Grace asked Jim who used to be their neighbor, to be Norma's date (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT136&dq=%22grace+goddard%22&sig=ExZ5j2_jo3pfP7lBauQnTbxpaxg#PPT39,M1 ''My Sister Marilyn'', Page 39]).
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Grace and Ervin were about to move to "...Huntington, West Virginia where Doc was being transferred..." (''Interview with James Dougherty'', 1964), and encouraged Norma to marry James Dougherty.  Norma Jean married James on 19 Jun 1942 in Los Angeles. James died in 2007, but just before his death, he wrote a book about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe.  James and Norma moved to Catalina Island where they were living in 1944 and where "Jimmie" trained for the merchant marine.  While he was away with the merchant marine, in the fighting during World War II, Marilyn took a job working at the Radioplane factory in Burbank, and moved in with his parents. It was at this job on 26 Jun 1945 where she was first commercially photographed for an article in ''YANK'' magazine.
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After encouragement from Grace, Norma and her half-sister Berniece (Baker) Miracle, began writing to each other and finally met when Norma was 19.  Working together and with the help of "Glady's aunt Dora Graham in Oregon", they finally got Gladys released from Agnew's State psychiatric hospital. ([http://www.geocities.com/andrea_w6/thogan.html This site] states that Dora was [[#Della Mae Hogan|Della's]] sister.) Gladys lived in Oregon for about a year with Dora, then came to Los Angeles and lived with "Aunt Ana Lower" (Grace's aunt), and at times apparently with Grace and Ervin as well.
  
 
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===Back to Marilyn===
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From that point forward, Norma started getting gigs for modeling.  Although she was to take the stage-name "Marilyn Monroe", she did not legally change her name to "Marilyn Monroe" until much later, while in New York.
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From that point forward, Norma started getting gigs for modeling.  She and James drifted apart and finally divorced.  James later became a gun instructor for the Los Angeles Police.  In 1964 he gave an interview which is now posted on YouTube.
  
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She died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles August 5, 1962 of an apparent drug overdose.
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Although she was to take the stage-name "Marilyn Monroe", she did not legally change her name to "Marilyn Monroe" until much later, while in New York.
  
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Marilyn's last movie was ''The Misfits'' where she starred opposite Clark Cable and [[Montgomery Clift]] in a movie about the chance meeting of three societal misfits.
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Marilyn died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles 5 August 1962 of an apparent drug overdose.
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===Primary sources for Marilyn===
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=&sx=&f9=Los+Angeles&f5=1&f4=Jun&rg_f3__date=1926&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=69&recid=15374598&recoff=15+16+17+19+20&fsk=CIAAFH8AsbWQ&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Norma Jeane Mortenson, born 1 Jun 1926, Los Angeles County. Mother's maiden name Monroe"
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=&sx=&f9=Los+Angeles&f5=1&f4=Jun&rg_f3__date=1926&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=69&recid=15374598&recoff=15+16+17+19+20&fsk=CIAAFH8AsbWQ&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Norma Jeane Mortenson, born 1 Jun 1926, Los Angeles County. Mother's maiden name Monroe"
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_128-0672&fn=Norma+Jean&ln=Baker&st=r&ssrc=&pid=89646197 1930 Census Hawthorne City, Inglewood Township, Los Angeles County, California], Sheet 51B : "Albert W Bolander, head, owns home, worth $5000, married first at 34, OH/OH/OH, Letter Carrier; Edna E, wife, 42, married first at 30, NY/English Canada/England, no occupation; Lester, son, 3 9/12, CA/OH/NY; Gladys BAKER, Boarder, 27, divorced, England/England/England, Developer, Motion Pictures; Norma Jean BAKER, boarder, 63, widow, IN/OH/IN, no occupation" [ed: even though the rest of the line is bizarre, this is certainly Marilyn Monroe and her mother here living with the Bolander's]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BsRaU7BeGc&NR=1 1964 Interview with James Dougherty]
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===Primary sources for Bolender===
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*California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
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**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_11-0741&rc=213,1924,287,1937;301,1922,355,1935&fn=albert&ln=bolender&st=d&ssrc=&pid=481434269 Wiseburn Precinct 4, Los Angeles County] : "Albert W Bolender, postal service, 5301 Rhode Island av, Democrat; Mrs Ida E Bolender, housewife, 5301 Rhode Island av, Democrat"
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**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_24-0490&rc=258,686,304,695;311,687,344,696&fn=albert&ln=bolender&st=d&ssrc=&pid=326832447 Hawthorne City, Los Angeles County] : "Albert W Bolender, 459 E Rhode Island av, postman, Democrat; Mrs Ida E Bolender, 459 E Rhode Island av, housewife, Democrat"
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8pvqHSzw4E 1964 Interview] with Albert and Ida
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===Primary sources for Goddard===
 
===Primary sources for Goddard===
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Ervin&gsln=Goddard&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=80542588&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Holland, Bell County, Texas] : "Charles W Goddard 41 AR; Mary E Goddard 40 AR/AR/MS; Raymond Goddard 14 TX; Walter Goddard 8 TX; Ervin Goddard 6 TX"
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Ervin&gsln=Goddard&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=80542588&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Holland, Bell County, Texas] : "Charles W Goddard 41 AR; Mary E Goddard 40 AR/AR/MS; Raymond Goddard 14 TX; Walter Goddard 8 TX; Ervin Goddard 6 TX"
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**Grace Goddard is registered in Los Angeles County again from 1948 to 1962.  Here are a few from the CADI which [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CAdeath1940&so=2&rank=0&gsfn=Grace&gsln=Goddard&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416 might be her]
 
**Grace Goddard is registered in Los Angeles County again from 1948 to 1962.  Here are a few from the CADI which [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CAdeath1940&so=2&rank=0&gsfn=Grace&gsln=Goddard&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416 might be her]
  
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===Secondary sources for Marilyn===
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe Marilyn Monroe] on wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe Marilyn Monroe] on wikipedia
 
*[http://www.monaraemiracle.com/disc.htm Mona Rae Miracle], Marilyn's half-niece
 
*[http://www.monaraemiracle.com/disc.htm Mona Rae Miracle], Marilyn's half-niece
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*[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=3593190 "Ervin Silliman Goddard"] on OneWorldTree
 
*[http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=3593190 "Ervin Silliman Goddard"] on OneWorldTree
 
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kopf&id=I12688 "Clara Grace Atchinson"] in the Ancestry World Tree
 
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kopf&id=I12688 "Clara Grace Atchinson"] in the Ancestry World Tree
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===See Also===
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*[[100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century]]
  
 
==Martin Edward Mortensen==
 
==Martin Edward Mortensen==
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Martin was born Feb 26, 1897 in Vallejo, Solano County, California, the son of Martin Mortenson a Norwegian immigrant and his wife Stella Catherine "Katie" Higgins.
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Martin was born 26 Feb 1897 in Vallejo, Solano County, California, the son of Martin Mortenson a Norwegian immigrant and his wife Stella Catherine "Katie" Higgins.
  
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Martin worked for LA Gas and Electric Company.  He married Gladys Pearl Monroe 11 Oct 1924, she left him six months later, but they were not officially divorced until 1 Jun 1927.  Mona Miracle (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm her website]) reports that on the marriage certificate Martin lists his occupation as "meterman" and his status as "divorced".
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By 1917, Martin was a gas fitter working for LA Gas and Electric Company.  He married Gladys Pearl Monroe on 11 Oct 1924, she left him six months later, but they were not officially divorced until 1 Jun 1927.  Mona Miracle (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm her website]) reports that on the marriage certificate Martin lists his occupation as "meterman" and his status as "divorced", so Gladys must have been his second wife.
  
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When Gladys became pregnant, she had supposedly been dating various men and so there is some uncertainty about exactly who Marilyn's father was.  On her birth certificate, Gladys named "Martin Mortensen" as the father.  It's possible she did this only so it wouldn't appear that she was sleeping around.  Some biographers claim that a Stanley Gifford was Marilyn's father.  But it's also possible that Gladys really did continue to have sex with Martin and that he really is Marilyn's father.  If so, Marilyn would be similar to [[Jodie Foster]] in this regard.  Jodie's parents were also seperated, but she was also conceived by her legal father.
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When Gladys became pregnant, she had supposedly been dating various men and so there is some uncertainty about exactly who Marilyn's father was.  On her birth certificate, Gladys named "Martin Mortensen" as the father.  It's possible she did this only so it wouldn't appear that she was sleeping around.  Some biographers claim that a Stanley Gifford was Marilyn's father.  But it's also possible that Gladys really did continue to have sex with Martin and that he really is Marilyn's father.  If so, Marilyn would be similar to [[Jodie Foster]] in this regard.  Jodie's parents were also seperated for some time, but she was also conceived by her legal father.
  
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Martin died Feb 10, 1981 in Riverside County, California.  One news report of this appears in the New York Times.
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Martin died 10 Feb 1981 in Riverside County, California.  One news report of this appears in the New York Times.
  
 
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**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_22-00619&rc=2296,1588,2424,1608;2446,1587,2530,1607&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=229575538 Los Angeles City, 1928] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1029 8th pl, mtrmn, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_22-00619&rc=2296,1588,2424,1608;2446,1587,2530,1607&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=229575538 Los Angeles City, 1928] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1029 8th pl, mtrmn, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_26-0627&rc=1709,1150,1803,1165;1818,1150,1880,1166&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=468130219 Los Angeles City, 1930] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1138 1/2 N McCadden pl, mtrmn, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_26-0627&rc=1709,1150,1803,1165;1818,1150,1880,1166&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=468130219 Los Angeles City, 1930] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1138 1/2 N McCadden pl, mtrmn, R[epublican]"
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_139-0332&fn=Martin+E&ln=Mortensen&st=r&ssrc=&pid=123577346 1930 Census of Los Angeles County, California] showing "Martin E Mortensen, 33, divorced, b CA/Norway/MO, Meterman for Gas Company, living with his mother Catherine Frank 58, born Missouri"
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*''California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968'' (hosted at Ancestry.com):
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_35-0559&rc=1739,1344,1826,1359;1842,1343,1899,1358&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=994261244 Los Angeles City, 1934] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1716 Washington Way, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_35-0559&rc=1739,1344,1826,1359;1842,1343,1899,1358&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=994261244 Los Angeles City, 1934] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 1716 Washington Way, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_40-0155&rc=1794,1102,1879,1116;1897,1104,1950,1116&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1294420696 Los Angeles City, 1936] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 12 Ave 28, meterman, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_40-0155&rc=1794,1102,1879,1116;1897,1104,1950,1116&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1294420696 Los Angeles City, 1936] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 12 Ave 28, meterman, R[epublican]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_57-0044&rc=1754,1849,1839,1863;1856,1850,1910,1864&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=2293466697 Los Angeles City, 1942] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 3012 Wellington rd, service man, D[emocrat]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_57-0044&rc=1754,1849,1839,1863;1856,1850,1910,1864&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=2293466697 Los Angeles City, 1942] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 3012 Wellington rd, service man, D[emocrat]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_61-0674&rc=1788,1920,1875,1933;1890,1920,1944,1933&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=2659687446 Los Angeles City, 1944] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 3515 S Bronson av, gas man, D[emocrat]; Mrs Madaline E Mortensen, 3515 S Bronson av, aircraft, D[emocrat]"
 
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_61-0674&rc=1788,1920,1875,1933;1890,1920,1944,1933&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=2659687446 Los Angeles City, 1944] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 3515 S Bronson av, gas man, D[emocrat]; Mrs Madaline E Mortensen, 3515 S Bronson av, aircraft, D[emocrat]"
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_139-0332&fn=Martin+E&ln=Mortensen&st=r&ssrc=&pid=123577346 1930 Census of Los Angeles County, California] showing "Martin E Mortensen, 33, divorced, b CA/Norway/MO, Meterman for Gas Company, living with his mother Catherine Frank 58, born Missouri"
 
  
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Martin&gsln=Mortensen&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=4&recid=5179169&recoff=1+2 California Death Index] showing "Martin Edward Mortensen, born Feb 26, 1897, died Feb 10, 1981, Riverside County, California.  Mother's maiden name Higgins"
 
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Martin&gsln=Mortensen&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&ufr=0&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=4&recid=5179169&recoff=1+2 California Death Index] showing "Martin Edward Mortensen, born Feb 26, 1897, died Feb 10, 1981, Riverside County, California.  Mother's maiden name Higgins"
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Gladys married on 11 Oct 1924 to Martin Edward Mortensen, she left him five months later to move in with her good friend Grace Atchison McKee who was divorced.  But, Gladys and Martin, were not officially divorced until 1 Jun 1927. Gladys' daughter Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, California on Jun 1, 1926 as "Norma Jeane Mortensen" to Gladys Pearl Monroe.  On her birth certificate, her father is listed as "Martin Mortensen" even though her parents had been divorced for over a year.
 
Gladys married on 11 Oct 1924 to Martin Edward Mortensen, she left him five months later to move in with her good friend Grace Atchison McKee who was divorced.  But, Gladys and Martin, were not officially divorced until 1 Jun 1927. Gladys' daughter Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, California on Jun 1, 1926 as "Norma Jeane Mortensen" to Gladys Pearl Monroe.  On her birth certificate, her father is listed as "Martin Mortensen" even though her parents had been divorced for over a year.
  
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Gladys was evidently in and out of various sanitariums for part or most of her life. Mona Miracle reprints a note from her mother Berniece which says (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT36,M1]): "Next I wrote mother's Aunt Dora in Oregon...Eventually Aunt Dora got Mother released from Agnews State Hospital in San Jose".  Dora was apparently Della's sister, [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT58,M1 here] she appears to call her "Aunt Dora Graham".
  
 
Gladys was released in 1945 ([http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT78,M1]), on the condition that she live a year with her aunt Dora Graham in Oregon.  She studied Christian Science and became very interested in trying to heal people without medicine.  She dressed in white, like a nurse and started taking housekeeping jobs while living in Oregon.  Her Social Security Number was issued by Oregon sometime before 1951.  But in 1946, before her year was up, Gladys decided to fly down to Los Angeles and started living with Aunt Ana Lower (not her real aunt, but rather the Aunt of Grace McKee) (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT81,M1]).
 
Gladys was released in 1945 ([http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT78,M1]), on the condition that she live a year with her aunt Dora Graham in Oregon.  She studied Christian Science and became very interested in trying to heal people without medicine.  She dressed in white, like a nurse and started taking housekeeping jobs while living in Oregon.  Her Social Security Number was issued by Oregon sometime before 1951.  But in 1946, before her year was up, Gladys decided to fly down to Los Angeles and started living with Aunt Ana Lower (not her real aunt, but rather the Aunt of Grace McKee) (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=tDDy91iuO4kC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=SgPX57gVcG&sig=SjB93iU-dxpCV9m_WCiE9vE6xE4&hl=en#PPT81,M1]).
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Otis Elmer Monroe was born in 1874/5 in Indiana. He married Della Mae Hogan and they had two children: Gladys Pearl Monroe on May 27, 1902 in Porfirio Diaz, Mexico (now known as Piedras Negras) and Otis Marion Elmer Monroe in 1905 in Los Angeles, California.
 
Otis Elmer Monroe was born in 1874/5 in Indiana. He married Della Mae Hogan and they had two children: Gladys Pearl Monroe on May 27, 1902 in Porfirio Diaz, Mexico (now known as Piedras Negras) and Otis Marion Elmer Monroe in 1905 in Los Angeles, California.
  
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Otis died 22 Jul 1909 in Southern California State Hospital, at least one biographer claiming that he was suffering from syphillis which had invaded his brain.
  
 
===Primary sources for 6===
 
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==Della Mae Hogan==
 
==Della Mae Hogan==
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Della Mae Hogan was born in 1886/7 in Missouri.  She married Otis Elmer Monroe in 1900/1 and they had two children: Gladys in 1902, and Otis in 1905.  Otis Sr. died in 1909.  Della married secondly Lyle Arthur Graves 7 Mar 1912, they divorced Jan 1914.  Della married thirdly Charles W Grainger (1875-1953) between 1918 and 1920.  Charles had a son Oliver Arthur Grainger (b 1899) from an earlier marriage.  Della died Aug 1927 possibly in or near Venice, California where she had been living.  One biographer stating that she died at Norwalk State Hospital during treatment for manic depressive psychosis.  However Mona Miracle implies that she had delusions associated with malaria (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm]).
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Della Mae Hogan was born in 1877/8 in Missouri, possibly in Barry County, the daughter of Tilford Hogan (1851-1933) and Charlotte Virginia "Jennie" Nance.  Della married Otis Elmer Monroe in 1900/1 probably in Missouri; and they had two children: Gladys in 1902 in Mexico, and Otis in 1905 in Los Angeles.  Otis Sr. died in 1909 in Los Angeles.  Della married secondly Lyle Arthur Graves 7 Mar 1912, they divorced Jan 1914.  Della married thirdly Charles W Grainger (1875-1953) between 1918 and 1920.  Charles had a son Oliver Arthur Grainger (b 1899) from an earlier marriage.  Della died Aug 1927 possibly in or near Venice, California where she had been living.  One biographer stating that she died at Norwalk State Hospital during treatment for manic depressive psychosis.  However Mona Miracle implies that she had delusions associated with malaria (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm]).
  
 
Della died, aged 51, and was buried next to her first husband.  The funeral arrangements, according to Mona Miracle were handled by Della's daughter Gladys.
 
Della died, aged 51, and was buried next to her first husband.  The funeral arrangements, according to Mona Miracle were handled by Della's daughter Gladys.
  
 
===Primary sources for 7===
 
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=24765088 1880 Census of Flat Creek, Barry County, Missouri] : "T M Hogan 29 IL/KY/KY; C V 23 MO/LA/MO; Dora 5 MO; Della 3 MO; Wm 2 MO"
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=CAT624_82-0420&fn=Gladys+P&ln=Monroe&st=d&ssrc=&pid=180681564 1910 Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California] showing "Della M Monroe, Head, 33, Widow, mother of 2, 2 living, born Missouri (Father Illinois, Mother Illinois); Gladys P, daughter, 8, born Mexico; Marion E, daughter, 5 born California.  Keeper of a Rooming House."
 
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=CAT624_82-0420&fn=Gladys+P&ln=Monroe&st=d&ssrc=&pid=180681564 1910 Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California] showing "Della M Monroe, Head, 33, Widow, mother of 2, 2 living, born Missouri (Father Illinois, Mother Illinois); Gladys P, daughter, 8, born Mexico; Marion E, daughter, 5 born California.  Keeper of a Rooming House."
  
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==Secondary sources for 7==
 
==Secondary sources for 7==
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=LGDSWUC7RxwC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=VM0uR17Y91&sig=LsbU4-G6Owv6BA9UuebjwHLiTe8&hl=en#PPA10,M1 Marilyn Monroe:A Life of the Actress], by Carl E Rollyson, page 10 courtesy of Google Book Search
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=LGDSWUC7RxwC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=VM0uR17Y91&sig=LsbU4-G6Owv6BA9UuebjwHLiTe8&hl=en#PPA10,M1 Marilyn Monroe:A Life of the Actress], by Carl E Rollyson, page 10 courtesy of Google Book Search
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Otis Hogan
 
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Unknown placement somewhere in this Hogan family is:
 
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Otis Hogan was born about 1873 in Missouri to John F Hogan and his wife Sarah.  There is a OneWorldTree submission which calls her "Sarah Ann Dunkle". John and Sarah were probably married in Chariton County, Missouri as John is living there in 1870 with his parents, George and Sarah. There is a OneWorldTree submission which calls her "Sarah Ann Owen".
 
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*1870 Census of Chariton County, Missouri showing "John F Hogan, 25 b KY", living with his (assumed by me) parents George W Hogan age 46 b KY  and Sarah A age 46 b VA.  Also living with them is "Edward Owen, age 84, b Maryland"
 
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*1880 Census of Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri showing "John Hogan 35 b KY, Sarah 32 b OH, Otis 7, Henry 5, Ollie 3, Cordie 1"
 
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*1900 Census of Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas showing "John Hogan, Sarah" and various children none of whom is Otis.
 
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