Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Mary Lawton Bliven

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Marilyn Monroe — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 21 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Hall Bliven 
  • Mother:
  • Meribah Nason   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Feb 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Mar 1886 
  • Death Location:
  • Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Island Cemetery, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Congdon Tennant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Feb 1836 
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  • Child:

  William Congdon Tennant Jr. (Ahnentafel No:10 )

• Sources for Mary Lawton Bliven

  • ¹ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index, p. 374389, Cemetery record for Mary L. Tennant.
  • ² Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1993, Vol. 19, p. 101.
  • ³ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 01/08/2014).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 134.