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'''Marilyn Monroe''' (1926-1962), born Norma Jean Mortensen

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==Norma Jean Mortensen==
===Birth===
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.

===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.

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]).

===Martin Mortensen===
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.

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.

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.

===First marriage===
When Norma was yet a teenager, Grace and her new husband Ervin S Goddard (1904-72) were about to move to the East coast and encouraged Norma to marry her then-boyfriend 21-year-old 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 at this job where she was first commercially photographed for an article in YANK article.

===Aside:The Goddard's===
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.

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.

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.

===Back to Marilyn===
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.

She died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles August 5, 1962 of an apparent drug overdose.

===Primary sources for 1===
*[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"
===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?db=1920usfedcen&so=2&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&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-b&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416 1920 Census of Austin, Travis County, Texas] : "Chas W Goddard 50 AR/MO/AR; Ernest Goddard 50 wife AL/AL/MS; Walter Goddard 18 TX; Ervin Goddard 15 TX"
*California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968:
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_40-0429&rc=1017,1574,1084,1587;1141,1572,1185,1585&fn=Grace&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1312246762 Los Angeles City, 1936] : "Ervin S Goddard, 3107 Barbara Ct, actor, Democrat; Mrs Grace Goddard, 3107 Barbara Ct, film librarian, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_45-0367&rc=996,1515,1067,1530;1128,1514,1175,1530&fn=Grace&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1591696520 Los Angeles City, 1938] : "Mrs Grace Goddard, 11348 Nebraska av, film cutter, Democrat; Mrs E Ana Lower, 11348 Nebraska av, C.S. Practitioner, Republican"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_44-0801&rc=951,1097,1021,1118;1039,1097,1084,1111&fn=Ervin&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1548966399    Los Angeles City, 1938] : "Ervin S Goddard, 920 Hyperion av, director, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_50-0920&rc=972,2081,1042,2094;1102,2080,1150,2093&fn=Grace&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1926197363 Los Angeles City, 1940] : "Mrs Grace Goddard, 11348 Nebraska av, film cutter, Democrat; Mrs E Ana Lower, 11348 Nebraska av, C.S. Practitioner, Republican"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_50-0240&rc=995,1681,1065,1695;1083,1680,1128,1695&fn=Ervin&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1881632203 Los Angeles City, 1940] : "Ervin S Goddard, 920 Hyperion av, director, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_75-0280&rc=672,922,743,935;758,922,802,935&fn=Ervin&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=3620984139 Los Angeles City, 1948] : "Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_82-0110&rc=649,1025,717,1037;772,1024,819,1037&fn=Grace&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=4094947710 Los Angeles City, 1950] : "Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat; Mrs Grace C Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_89-0346&rc=645,950,713,962;769,950,816,962&fn=Grace&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=332140836 Los Angeles City, 1952] : "Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat; Mrs Grace C Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_98-00363&rc=1312,1403,1456,1429;1486,1400,1579,1427&fn=Ervin&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=967784179 Los Angeles City, 1954] : "Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat; Mrs Gladys P Eley, 6707 Odessa av, Republican"
**Ervin S Goddard died in 1972 in Ventura County per the CADI, born in Texas.
**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]

===Secondary sources for 1===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe Marilyn Monroe] on wikipedia
*[http://www.monaraemiracle.com/disc.htm Mona Rae Miracle], Marilyn's half-niece

===Secondary sources for Goddard===
*[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

==Martin Edward Mortensen==
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.

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".

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.

Martin died Feb 10, 1981 in Riverside County, California.  One news report of this appears in the New York Times.

===Primary sources for 2===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortenson&sx=&f19=California&f20=&f21=&f14=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f16=&f9=&f10=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f23=&f22=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1900usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3299589&recoff=2+20 1900 Census of Alameda, California] showing "Martin Mortenson 39 b Norway, Katie 29 b Missouri, Earl 4 b CA, Martin E 3 b CA"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=CAT624_82-1522&fn=Edward+W&ln=Mortenson&st=r&ssrc=&pid=180732491 1910 Census of Los Angeles County, California] showing "Katie Keller, Head, 37, married 7 years ago, mother of 2, 2 living, b MO/Ireland/Ireland, occuation: Colla.... Laundry; Earl Mortenson, son, 14, b CA/Norway/MO; Edward M Mortenson, son, 13, b CA/Norway/MO"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortensen&sx=y&f1=California&f2=&f3=&f20=&f16=26&f15=Feb&rg_f14__date=1897&rs_f14__date=0&f18=&gskw=&prox=1&db=ww1draft&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=1251388&recoff=3+15+19+20+31 World War I Draft Registration Card] showing "Edward M Mortensen, born Feb 26, 1897, in Vallejo, California; Gas Fitter for LA Gas & Electric Corp, father born in Norway, mother Stella; registered in Los Angeles County, California Jun 5, 1918."

*''California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968'' (hosted at Ancestry.com):
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_15-00144&rc=2266,1985,2400,2005;2422,1984,2509,2005&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=2789450766 Los Angeles City, 1924] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, meterman, 1157 W 8th St, R[epublican]"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_18-0053&rc=899,888,952,897;960,888,994,898&fn=Martin&ln=Mortensen&st=d&ssrc=&pid=31719336 Los Angeles City, 1926] showing : "Martin E Mortensen, 3004 S Hoover st, mchnc, 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_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_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&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"

===Secondary sources for 2===
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E1DC1639F930A25751C0A967948260 Martin Edward Mortensen] in the New York Times. Stating that the one who died in 1981 in Riverside, is the same one who was married to Marilyn's mother. "... found copies of Miss Monroe's birth certificate at Mr. Mortensen's apartment, as well as marriage and divorce papers for Mr. Mortensen and Gladys Baker, Miss Monroe's mother....The birth certificate lists the father as Edward Mortensen, age 29."

==Gladys Pearl Monroe==
Gladys was born 27 May 1902 in Porfirio Diaz, Mexico (now known as Piedras Negra), daughter of [[#Otis Elmer Monroe|Otis Elmer Monroe]] and his wife [[#Della Mae Hogan|Della Mae Hogan]].  Gladys married May 1917 to Jasper Newton "Jap" Baker.  They had two children: Robert Kermit "Jack" Baker born 24 Jan 1918 who died at age 14 and Berniece Inez Gladys Baker born 30 Jul 1919.  Both children were born in Los Angeles County, California and the family is living in Los Angeles in the 1920 census.  Berniece Baker would later marry Paris Miracle and their daughter Mona Miracle has writen a book about Marilyn Monroe.

Sometime, probably shortly after this census, Jasper and Gladys went to Kentucky for a visit where Mona relates an incident related to Jasper's younger brother Audrey (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#PPT29,M1]).  When they returned to California, she filed for divorce on 20 Jul 1921 in California.  Her divorce was granted May 1922; Gladys being granted custody of the two children.

Jasper married again and moved back to Kentucky where he had been from, kidnapping the two children and taking them with him (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#PPT30,M1]). It's not yet clear to me if he married again while in California, or after his return to Kentucky.  His new wife was named Maggie (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm Mona Miracle's website]). For a short time, Gladys lived in Kentucky, but after another confrontation, she left for California, and would not again see her daughter for twenty years.  Gladys would never see her son again, he died when he was a teen-ager.  When Norma Jean was 19, she finally met her half-family (see [http://www.monaraemiracle.com/work1.htm Mona Miracle's website]).

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 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".  I don't yet know who exactly this Aunt Dora is, but [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]).

At some point before 1953, Gladys married a Mr Eley, perhaps while she was living in Oregon.  Toward the latter part of her life, she moved, or was moved to Florida where as "Gladys Eley" she died Mar 1984 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida.

===Primary documents for 3===
*[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 (father born Indiana); Marion E, daughter, 5 born California.  Keeper of a Rooming House."

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Jasper&gsln=Baker&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=1886&rs_81004011__date=2&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=6&recid=93344257&recoff=1+3 1910 Census of Camp Stotsenburg, Luzon, Philippines, Military and Naval Forces] showing : "Jasper N Baker, 26, KY, Single"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&f1=Baker&sx=&f9=Los+Angeles&f5=&f4=&rg_f3__date=&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=Monroe&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 California Birth Index] showing Berniece and "Hermitt" [as listed].

*[http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Los+Angeles&township=Venice&ed=621&roll=T625_120&STAbrv=CA&startimg=73&endimg=103&rp=95&client=&image=&l=0.264998&t=0.010295&r=1.000000&b=1.000000&w=444&h=445&option=ZoomIn&hash=5693890&width=2417&height=1797&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale&x=332&y=415 1920 Census Sheet 12A, Dwelling 95, Family 95, Precinct 5, Venice, Los Angeles Co, California] showing "Jasper N Baker, 31 b KY; Gladys 18 b Mexico; Hermit 1 11/12 b CA; Berneice 2/12 b CA; Audry, brother, 18, b KY 

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_11-0120&rc=237,1017,293,1032;309,1017,370,1032&fn=Jasper&ln=Baker&st=d&ssrc=&pid=440604720 ''California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968''] for Covina Precinct, Los Angeles County 1922 showing : "Jasper N Baker, rnchr, Ben Lomond Av, R[epublican]"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=jasper&gsln=baker&sx=&f12=&f4=&f7=&f15=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f18=&f14__n=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f10=&f16=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1930usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=20&recid=34080011&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of Middlesborough, Bell County, Kentucky] showing : "Jasper N Baker, 43; Maggie Baker 48; Robert J Baker 12; Bernice Baker 10"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1222&iid=KYVR_7035560-0212&fn=Jasper+N&ln=Baker&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1314582 ''Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953''] showing : "Jasper N Baker, born 16 Mar 1886, died 12 Sep 1951, Knox County, Kentucky; Informant Mrs Paris Miracle"

*Califorinia Voter Registrations:
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_89-0346&rc=646,932,717,945;731,932,776,945&fn=Ervin&ln=Goddard&st=d&ssrc=&pid=332140836 Los Angeles City, 1952, Precinct 2555-C, page 346 of 1079] showing : "Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat; Mrs Grace C Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat"
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_89-0345&rc=644,423,676,441;736,425,787,439&fn=Gladys&ln=Eley&st=d&ssrc=&pid=331813155 Los Angeles City, 1952, Precint 2555-B, page 345 of 1079] showing : "Mrs Gladys P Eley, 6707 Odessa av, Republican
**[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_98-00363&rc=1302,1057,1376,1089;1487,1053,1600,1080&fn=Gladys&ln=Eley&st=d&ssrc=&pid=967784179 Los Angeles City, 1954] showing : "Mrs Gladys P Eley, 6707 Odessa av, Republican; Ervin S Goddard, 6707 Odessa av, Democrat

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Gladys&gsln=Eley&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=5&recid=19890451&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing "Gladys Eley, last residence Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, Born: 27 May 1900, Died: Mar 1984, SSN issued by Oregon (Before 1951)"

===Secondary sources for 3===
*[http://www.monaraemiracle.com/disc.htm Mona Rae Miracle], Marilyn's half-niece
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=LGDSWUC7RxwC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=martin+mortensen+gladys&source=web&ots=VM0uR17Y91&sig=LsbU4-G6Owv6BA9UuebjwHLiTe8&hl=en Marilyn Monroe:A Life of the Actress], by Carl E Rollyson, page 9, courtesy of Google Book Search

==Martin Mortensen==
Martin Mortensen was born about 1860/1 in Norway.  He immigrated to the United States in 1880, possibly to Missouri.  By 1900 he is married to Stella Catherine "Katie" Higgins" and they are living in Alameda County, California with two sons: Earl aged 4, and Martin aged 3.

===Primary documents for 4===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortenson&sx=&f19=California&f20=&f21=&f14=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f16=&f9=&f10=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f23=&f22=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1900usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3299589&recoff=2+20 1900 Census of Alameda, California] showing "Martin Mortenson 39 born Norway, Katie 29 born Missouri, Earl 4 born California, Martin E 3 born California"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortensen&sx=y&f1=California&f2=&f3=&f20=&f16=26&f15=Feb&rg_f14__date=1897&rs_f14__date=0&f18=&gskw=&prox=1&db=ww1draft&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=1251388&recoff=3+15+19+20+31 World War I Draft Registration Card] showing "Edward M Mortensen, born Feb 26, 1897, in Vallejo, California; Gas Fitter for LA Gas & Electric Corp, father born in Norway, mother Stella; registered in Los Angeles County, California Jun 5, 1918."

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1930usfedcen&F9=CAT626_139-0332 1930 Census of Los Angeles County, California] showing "Martin E Mortensen, 37, divorced, born California, father born Norway, Meterman for Gas Company, living with his mother Catherine Frank 58, born Missouri"

==Stella Catherine Higgins==

She was born 1871/2 in Missouri.  She married by 1900 to Martin Mortensen, a Norweigian immigrant.  They lived in Alameda, California. She married by 1930 to a Mr. Frank.  She was widowed by 1930 and living with her divorced son in Los Angeles County, California.

===Primary sources for 5===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortenson&sx=&f19=California&f20=&f21=&f14=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f16=&f9=&f10=&_8000C002=&_80008002=&_80018002=&f23=&f22=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1900usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=3299589&recoff=2+20 1900 Census of Alameda, California] showing "Martin Mortenson 39 born Norway, Katie 29 born Missouri, Earl 4 born California, Martin E 3 born California"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=Mortensen&sx=y&f1=California&f2=&f3=&f20=&f16=26&f15=Feb&rg_f14__date=1897&rs_f14__date=0&f18=&gskw=&prox=1&db=ww1draft&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=1251388&recoff=3+15+19+20+31 World War I Draft Registration Card] showing "Edward M Mortensen, born Feb 26, 1897, in Vallejo, California; Gas Fitter for LA Gas & Electric Corp, father born in Norway, mother Stella; registered in Los Angeles County, California Jun 5, 1918."

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1930usfedcen&F9=CAT626_139-0332 1930 Census of Los Angeles County, California] showing "Martin E Mortensen, 37, divorced, born California, father born Norway, 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"

==Otis Elmer Monroe==
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 died 22 Jul 1909 in Southern California State Hospital.

===Primary sources for 6===
*[http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/picdata/CA/deaths/190_/html/CA___de90_MONROE-1.htm California Death Index (on microfilm) 1905-1929] on vitalsearch-ca.com showing "Otis Monroe, age 44, died Jul 22, 1909. San Bernardino County"
*[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 (father born Indiana); Marion E, daughter, 5 born California.  Keeper of a Rooming House."

==Della Mae Hogan==
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]).

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===
*[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://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Oliver&gsln=Grainger&sx=&=%2c%2c%2c&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=4492592&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Los Angeles, California] showing : "Charles W Grainger, 34, CA/MO/MO, Oilwell Driller; Fannie Grainger 32; Oliver Grainger 11; Elvin Grainger 8"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=CA-1530796-2160&fn=Charles+William&ln=Grainger&st=r&ssrc=&pid=29630322 ''World War I Draft Registration Cards''] showing : "Charles William Grainger, resident of Santa Paula, Ventura County; born 24 Dec 1875; Oil Well Driller for Associated Oil Company of Lost Kills, Kern County; nearest relative [Olive Atwood Grainger is crossed-out and overwriten is] Bert Grainger of Santa Paula; registered 12 Sep 1918"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Della&gsln=Grainger&sx=&f8=&f9=&f10=&f20=&rg_fa5__date=&rs_fa5__date=0&f16__n=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&f18=&fa20=&f21=&fa18=&f22=&fa14=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1920usfedcen&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=6154642&recoff=1+2 1920 Census of Venice, Los Angeles County, California] showing : "Charles W Grainger, 43; Della Grainger 42; Oliver A Grainger 21"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=Charles&gsln=Grainger&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&pcat=34&fh=3&recid=2814513&recoff=1+2 ''California Death Index, 1940-97''] online at ancestry.com showing : "Charles William Grainger, born 25 Dec 1875 CA, died 10 Dec 1953 Los Angeles County; mother's maiden name Boyne"

==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
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Otis Hogan

Unknown placement somewhere in this Hogan family is:
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".

Primary documents
*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"
*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"
*1900 Census of Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas showing "John Hogan, Sarah" and various children none of whom is Otis.

Secondary sources
*On Feb 27, 2007 on Gen-Medieval, Fred Chalfant noted that "George Washington Hogan and Sarah Ann Owen are the 2Ggrandparents of Norma Jeane Mortenson(Baker)"

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