Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Mortenson, but her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized as Norma Jeane Baker. Her biological father was Charles Stanley Gifford, a salesman for the studio where Monroe’s mother worked as a film-cutter. He never presented himself to his daughter during her lifetime.
Her mother once showed her a photograph of her father. She always said he reminded her of a thin Clark Gable. Since Charles was a descendant of five Mayflower Pilgrims, Marilyn couldn’t have possessed a finer American genealogical heritage. It’s regrettable that that fact was never revealed to her, especially considering the absence of a father in her life tormented her.
Marilyn was an agnatic descendant of Norman knight Osbern Giffard (1049 – 1086). He was one of the knight companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (1066). His nephew Walter later became the 1st Earl of Buckingham.
She was an agnatic descendant of Ganger Hrólf “Rollo” (860 – 930) 1st Duke of Normandy, Count of Rouen.
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Marilyn Monroe
Birth 1 Jun 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death 5 Aug 1962 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ancestry.com citation/Lineages
14th cousin 2x GIFFORD-HOWLAND-SIMMONS-COLLINS
18th cousin 9x removed AUDLEY-BASSET-SHIRLEY-POULTNEY-PAINE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS
Sir Osbern Giffard
Birth 1049 in Longueville-le-Giffard, France
Death 1096 in Brimsfield, , Glouchester, England
31st great-grandfather AUDLEY-BASSET-SHIRLEY-POULTNEY-PAINE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS
31st great-granduncle CLARE-MARSHALL-POTTER-TRIPP-OTWATER-COLLINS
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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Assassination of Marilyn Monroe
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Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novelist