Marilyn monroe parents nationality

GladysPearlBaker formerly Monroe aka Mortensen, Eley, Gifford

Daughter of Otis Elmer Monroe and Della Mae (Hogan) Monroe

Sister of Marion Otis Elmer Monroe

Wife of Charles Stanley Gifford — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of John Stewart Eley — married 20 Apr 1949 (to 1952) [location unknown]

Mother of Robert Jasper Kermit Baker, Berniece (Baker) Miracle and Norma Jeane (Mortensen) Monroe

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Biography

Gladys Pearl Monroe was born in 1902 at Porfirio Diaz (later called Piedras Negras), Coahuila, Mexico. She was the older of two children of Otis Elmer Monroe (1866-1909) and Della Mae Hogan (1876-1927).

Gladys' brother, Marion E. Monroe, was born in 1905. Married with three children. Marion disappeared 20 Nov 1929 and was declared dead in 1955. ^[1]

Gladys first married on 17 May 1917 to Jasper "Jack" Newton Baker (1886-1951). Della Monroe declared that her daughter was aged 18 (but in fact she was hardly 15) under the pretext there was no proof of her date of birth. Della attended to the wedding, then gave the young couple the room located at Westminster Street, and quickly moved into Charles Grainger's bungalow. ^[2]

In Jun 1921 Gladys asked John for a divorce due to "extreme cruelty and extreme mental cruelty." The divorce became final on 11 May 1923. ^[2] Jack took the children away from her and moved home to Kentucky, USA.^[3]

Gladys married secondly on 11 Oct 1924 to Martin Edward "Eddie" Mortensen ^[4] (1897-1981). Gladys left Eddie four months after their wedding. Biographers believe Charles Stanley Gifford (1898-1965), a salesman for Consolidated Films, where Gladys worked as a film cutter, was Marilyn's biological father. Mortensen divorced Gladys on 15 Aug 1928. Neither Mortenson nor Gifford played any part in Monroe's life.^[5]

Gladys married thirdly on 20 April 1949 to John Stewart Eley. He died in 1952. John Stewart Eley had married in 1932 at Malheur County, Oregon to Frances Alva Prouty (per Oregon marriages on ). In the 1942 WWII draft list, John is listed in Portland, Oregon and identified exactly by name, birth date and birth location. He states his closest relative is Frances Eley, same address as his in Portland, Oregon. He was working for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. From this information, we know that John S. Eley was in Oregon 1934-1940 at least, and married during that time to Frances.

On 15 Jan 1935 Gladys was declared definitely insane (paranoïd schizophrenia) by the doctors from the Norwalk State Hospital, where her own mother was several years earlier. The surgeon general report declared, "Her illness is characterised by religious preoccupations and a deep depression and some excitation; this condition seems to be chronic." ^[6]

Gladys passed away on 11 Mar 1984 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA. ^[7]

Children

1. Robert "Jackie" Kermit Baker, b: 10 Nov 1917; d: 16 Aug 1933
2. Berniece Inez Gladys Baker, b: 30 Jul 1919; d: 25 May 2014.
3. Norma Jeane Mortenson (spelled with an "o"), b: 01 Jun 1926; bpt: 06 Dec 1926 by Aimee Semple MacPherson at Four Square Gospel Church on Hawthorne; name changed to Norma Jeane Baker, then to Marilyn Monroe; d: 05 Aug 1962.

Timeline

• 1902 born in Mexico
• 1910 census with widowed mother & brother Marion
• 1917 married Jasper Newton Baker
• 1923 divorced Jasper Newton Baker
• 1924 married Martin Edward Mortensen
• Feb 1925 left Mortensen
• 1926 res: 5454 W. Bledso, LA
• 1928 Mortenson divorced Gladys
• 1932 res: on Hawthorne; occ: film cutter at RKO Studios
• 1934 bought home at 6812 Arbol Dr., Hollywood, CA
• admitted to Norwalk State Mental Hospital (sent Norma to Los Angeles Orphans' Home from September 1935 to June 1937)
• 1938-1949 res: Agnews State Mental Hospital in San Francisco Bay area
• 1949 married John Stewart Eley
• 1952 John S. Eley died
• 1953 Rockhaven Santarium at Montrose, CA near LaCresenta (a section of Glendale)
• Mrs. Gladys P. Eley, res: 6707 Odessa Ave., Republican (with friend Grace Goddard)
• 1967 Gladys with daughter Berniece in Florida
• 1970 res: Collin Court Old Age Home, Florida
• 1984 died in Gainesville, FL (record should state Gladys P. Eley).

Sources

1. ↑Cursumperfico for Marion Monroe
2. ↑ ^2.02.1Cursumperficio for Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker
3. ↑Medical Bag for Marilyn Monroe
4. ↑ Los Angeles, California Marriages citing GS#2074511; folder#5698425; image#393; p194; m: 11 Oct 1924 Los Angeles, California, USA for ...

   GROOM: Martin E. Mortensen @27yrs; b: 1897 (father: Martin Mortensen & mother: Kate Higaens); &

   BRIDE: Gladys Pearl Baker @22yrs; b: 1902 (father: O. E. Monroe & mother: Dell M. Hogan)

5. ↑IMDb for Gladys Baker Biography
6. ↑Marilyn Wikia for Gladys Baker
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #170377317 for Gladys Pearl (Monroe) Baker

• 1910 USA Census of Los Angeles Assembly District#72, Los Angeles County, California; citing p3 family#85; which included ...

Monroe Della M. @33yrs

Monroe Gladys P. @8yrs; b: Mexico IN/MO; immig: 1907 (daughter)

Monroe Marion E.

• 1920 USA Census of Venice, Los Angeles County, California; citing film#1820120; folder#4293720; image#101; sheet#12; which included ...

Baker Jasper N., @31yrs b: 1889 KY

Baker Gladys P. @18yrs (wife)

Baker Kermitt @1y11m (son)

Baker Berneice @5m (daughter)

Baker Ardry (male).

• Los Angeles City directory for Gladys Baker which included ...

1926 res: 54 54 W. Bledso, LA

1932 res: Hawthorne, Hollywood; occ: film cutter at RKO Studios

1934 res: B 67th; occ: mach. opr. Rll

• Family Tree on contributed by various users; for Gladys Pearl Monroe

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